Caritas and the Catholic Church played a significant role in bringing peace to northern Uganda after twenty years of conflict.

Caritas delivered aid to people caught in the fighting between government troops and the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) rebels.

Caritas and Church officials worked on building peace at the community level, but also by promoting dialogue at the national level and at the United Nations.

An end to the fighting came in 2006. Caritas continues to help the people as they emerge from the trauma of torture, murder and abuse. But the conflict continues in Sudan, the Democratic Republic of Congo and the Central African Republic.

	Stepping on eggs in Uganda For the Achioli people of Uganda, when a wrongdoer steps on a raw egg it is a ceremonial symbol of purification and forgiveness. It’s part of the traditional cleansing that villages are turning to in the wake of 20 year insurgency notorious for its sadistic abuses. Read more...
	Question time: Archbishop John Baptiste Odama of Gulu Northern Uganda has just emerged from a twenty year war. We spoke to Archbishop John Baptist of Gulu about how the Church helped bring peace and what challenges remain. Read more...
	Photo gallery: Uganda’s Lost Children grow up “We have nothing left. Just after the quake, we spent the night under the umbrella. It’s cold and dark outside. I could feel the rain and aftershocks on my bare feet. I wouldn’t go inside (our house),” said Suwardi, a 55 year old man. Read more...
	Remembering Congo’s Christmas massacres One year after a series of terrible Christmas massacres in northern Congo, people continue to live in fear and without access to basic services or enough food. Read more...
	Conflict in Sudan’s Western Equatoria Many people have fled their homes in Western Equatoria state in South Sudan since the arrival of Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) soldiers. The LRA were previously based in northern Uganda, were they fought a 20 year campaign against the army characterised by human rights abuses, abductions, torture, murder and rape. Read more...
	Question time: Bishop Eduardo Kussala of Tombura Yambio Bishop Eduardo Kussala, a young bishop at 46 years, has only been in the job for twelve months. He’s a local and knows well the great challenges of working in an area where 9 out of 10 live below the poverty line, illiteracy is at 80 percent, and infant mortality rates are 30 to 40 percent. The LRA attacks add another level of suffering. Read more...