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	Kitgum District :: Background Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		Kitgum district is located in northern Uganda and borders the Republic of the Sudan to the north, Kotido district to the east, Pader district in the south and Gulu district in the southwest.
		Kitgum is generally flat with gentle slopes in some places like Aswa river valley to the west and Lamwo and Agoro mountain ranges to the northeast.
		Kitgum is generally a Savannah woodland characterized by woody covers and grass layers.
	www.udg.or.ug /DIP/Kitgum/background (952 words)

	Pader - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		It is a new district, having been carved out of the counties of Aruu and Agago formerly in Kitgum District in December 2001.
		The district is bordered by Kitgum to the north, Kotido to the east, Lira to the south, Apac to the southwest and Gulu to the west.
		Along with Gulu and Kitgum, Pader composes Acholiland, considered to be the historical homeland of the Acholi ethnic group, though other ethnic groups also live in the district.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pader (147 words)

	Uganda - OCHA: 08-Oct-04
		Kitgum - The month saw an increase in armed attacks by the LRA on IDP settlements and major routes in Kitgum, resulting in abductions, deaths, injuries and loss of property.
		Kitgum - Frequent fragmented groups of rebel movements around north of Kitgum (Padibe, Palabek Kal and Gem and Lokung) greatly hampered movement of humanitarian agencies to the area.
		In Kitgum, health care in IDP camps remains in shambles, and efforts to address health needs particularly in camps far from the town centre are still grossly inadequate.
	iys.cidi.org /humanitarian/hsr/04b/ixl95.html (4657 words)

	Uganda - OCHA: 22-Sep-04
		In Kitgum, due to the increased LRA presence in the district, sub-counties north of Kitgum became dangerous to access by humanitarian agencies, especially towards the end of August.
		In Kitgum, on 19 August, NRC launched a two-year emergency education program after signing a memorandum of understanding with the district to construct 84 permanent classrooms for primary students and train all (1,574) primary school teachers in the district in addition to the present students of the Primary Teachers College.
		Night commuters An inter-agency headcount of night commuters in 18 centers in Kitgum District on 17 August 2004, by the District, UN agencies, local Red Cross and NGOs in Kitgum, yielded a population figure of 18,058, reflecting a slight reduction by 10 percent against the 4 April figure of 19,979.
	iys.cidi.org /humanitarian/hsr/04b/ixl81.html (5161 words)

	Uganda: Human rights violations by the National Resistance Army
		The organization is further concerned that the immediate cause of the arrest of Okwonga Latigo and Tadeo Omal appears to have been an attempt to fulfil their roles as elected representatives of the community by protesting about the behaviour of NRA soldiers towards civilians.
		Kitgum District Resistance Committee Five (RC V) had been the focus of a power struggle between members sympathetic to the Democratic Party and others who were formerly members of the Uganda People's Congress (UPC).
		In early April 1991 NRA troops based at Atanga sub-county headquarters in Kitgum District are alleged to have extrajudicially executed at least 35 civilians at Komyoke village.
	www.amnestyusa.org /countries/uganda/document.do?id=25BBAD1C8FE337DF802569A600601142 (8702 words)

	AEGiS-NV: Agency Takes AIDs War Kitgum Lodges
		THE International Rescue Committee (IRC) is distributing free condoms to lodges in Kitgum town in a bid to stop the spread of AIDS, reports Wokarach-Oboi.
		IRC's HIV/AIDS programme assistant Esther Opoka said the distribution of free condoms to the lodges should not be seen as encouraging immorality in society but rather the choice between life and death.
		Opoka said the distribution is being done in conjunction with the Kitgum district directorate of health services.The HIV/AIDS prevalence rate in Kitgum district is 9 percent, three points higher than the national average of 6 percent.
	www.aegis.com /news/nv/2003/NV031110.html (415 words)

	OJPCR: The Online Journal of Peace and Conflict Resolution
		Kitgum's northern border marks the international border with Sudan, and, with a land area of 16,136 sq.
		According to Father Carlos Rodriguez of the Catholic Mission in Kitgum, there are two reasons for this support: "the LRA provides cannon fodder in the form of Acholi children to fight the SPLA"; and they support the goal of destabilizing the NRM government due to its support of the SPLA.
		The Kitgum and Gulu districts, once rich in cattle thatwere used for cultivation and gave the Acholi a measure of security, are now two of the most depressed and underdeveloped districts of the country.
	www.trinstitute.org /ojpcr/3_2westbrook.htm (7087 words)

	UNICEF UK News :: News item :: The Hunter Foundation partners UNICEF in northern Uganda :: 10 June 2005 17:53
		Kitgum, will be the focus of a major investment over the coming year to provide health services, education, safe water, shelter and protection to children and women living in camps for "Internally Displaced People" ("IDPs") and to its child "night commuters".
		Less than half of the population in Kitgum has access to basic health services within five kilometres walking distance, and that the current doctor/population ratio is 1 to 33,000 while the nurse/population ratio is 1 to 6,800 and the midwife/population ratio is 1 to 7,443.
		Funding is now agreed and THF will visit Kitgum with UNICEF to mark the initiation of the programme and to work on ensuring the programme has a lasting impact in late July.
	www.unicef.org.uk /press/news_detail.asp?news_id=463 (1204 words)

	Smith Derksen letters from Uganda: the letters
		The security situation in Kitgum continues to be a problem, and it is so sad to hear of incidents that happen from ambushes and attacks.
		The religious leaders have been wanting to shut down the camps for a while now, and their goal is to convince the government of that by the end of the year, once the research is done and support is rallied with concerned NGOs.
		Gladys, a woman leader in Kitgum needs one for her studies (M.A.) and she is willing to pay for one, and then a donated one would be for the Diocese—please, IBM.
	www.asaints.org /ourworld/Africa/sdlettertext.html (21467 words)

	Church Mission Society - Northern Uganda (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		Acayo – or Agnes - Kony, 21, was taken from Primary School in Kitgum aged 13 and given as a ’wife’ to one of the commanders.
		Eight years later, she was rescued during a government army offensive, and taken to a rehabilitation centre in Kitgum, where she was counselled by a priest on a routine visit.
		The priest was struck by her sense of hopelessness and referred her to the CMS-backed cross project in the grounds of the Kitgum Diocesan Headquarters.
	www.cms-uk.org /united/news_update_8.htm (630 words)

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		Muktar, speaking from Kitgum, said that an inter-agency assessment team would go to the scene of the attack on Saturday and deliver some immediate relief items, including materials for building shelters, household items and other requirements for the people who had been left homeless.
		A Catholic priest in Kitgum said at least 15 people had been killed while over 100 grass-thatched huts were burnt at the camp, located about 60 km east of Kitgum town, itself about 480 km north of the capital, Kampala.
		Kitgum District Chairman Norman Ojwee said the victims had returned to their areas to take advantage of the current rains to work on their farms.
	www.irinnews.org /report.asp?ReportID=41424&SelectRegion=East_Africa&SelectCountry=UGANDA (759 words)

	Uganda: Breaking the circle: Protecting human rights in the northern war zone - Amnesty International (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		In Kitgum District, where large scale displacement began in 1997, the authorities have not placed such a policy emphasis on the creation of camps and fewer persons are displaced.
		The dynamic of abuses in countryside both east and west of Kitgum town in May 1997 is an example of the problems facing villagers who have stayed in their homes.
		Similarly, Otwoda Ronald was arrested in Palabek in Kitgum District on 18 December 1996.
	web.amnesty.org /library/Index/ENGAFR590011999?open&of=ENG-UGA (21391 words)

	Uganda
		Went in February 2004 to Kitgum, in the heart of the rebel area.
		Kitgum normally has 20,000 inhabitants, but at night it more than doubles.
		They put up their camps in the heart of Kitgum, or they sleep under the open sky.
	www.videoreporter.nl /uganda.html (784 words)

	Episcopal Life
		Phoebe spoke words of hope and love to the bishop of Kitgum, Benjamin Ojwang, and his wife when we were having nightly prayers, and they were deeply blessed for her concern and prayers.
		We wanted to visit one of the large displaced-person camps about seven miles outside of town, but the local council would not allow us to go because the night before about 13 children were abducted by the LRA and they said it was not safe.
		The bishop of Kitgum has made land available to us, and we are going to build a structure for the night commuters, where they will sleep in safety and where each child will be provided with a blanket.
	www.episcopalchurch.org /26769_40956_ENG_HTM.htm (1164 words)

	AEGiS-NV: HIV Prevalence Rate High in Kitgum
		THE HIV/AIDS prevalence rate in Kitgum district stands at 9% against the national average of 6%.
		Kitgum chairman Nahaman Ojwee said this was due to the insecurity in the district.
		In a statement read for him by the co-ordinator children's voice for peace programme in Kitgum, Florence Apio, at a peace concert at International Conference Centre on Saturday, Ojwee said children were forced to become mothers and soldiers.
	www.aegis.com /news/nv/2003/NV030302.html (311 words)

	New Vision Online : Kitgum RDC in ambush
		KITGUM RDC Lt. Santo Okot Lapolo was seriously injured in an LRA ambush on Sunday.
		Lapolo was ambushed in Namukora in Chua county, Kitgum district.
		Kitgum LC5 chairman Nahaman Ojwee described the incidence as unfortunate and appealed to the LRA rebels to stop the killings and respond to the amnesty.
	www.newvision.co.ug /D/8/13/320923 (195 words)

	District Information Portal :: Kitgum District
		Kitgum has 172 primary schools with a total enrollment of 97,810.
		Kitgum Technical Institute and Kitgum Core Primary Teachers’ College are the only two tertiary institutions in the district.
		The land available for subsistence farming In Kitgum is 3,200 sq.
	www.kitgum.go.ug (526 words)

	10. Uganda
		In the North, particularly in Gulu and Kitgum districts, twelve years of violence by the rebel group, the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) has forced over 200,000 people from their homes.
		The instability and relocation has prevented farming in many cases and has resulted in a food shortage amongst the displaced, although some are able to cultivate in their new location.
		Agriculture is traditionally the largest source of income for this population and many farmers now suffer from extreme poverty as a consequence of the insecurity and the loss of their cattle in raids.
	www.unsystem.org /scn/archives/rnis27/ch11.htm (1641 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Africa \| Ugandan rebels kidnap children
		Children in both Gulu and Kitgum towns have been targets of abductions and residents are again complaining that the Ugandan army is not protecting the population.
		In the most recent attack, a group of LRA rebels targeted Oxford College secondary school in the northern town of Kitgum in the early hours of the morning.
		Kitgum residents said the rebels were in the town for four hours from about 0100 but the Ugandan army did not respond with any firepower.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/africa/2806793.stm (537 words)

	A 'quiet' war kills slowly (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		Signs of conflict are not obvious upon arrival in the war-torn district of Kitgum, northern Uganda.
		The people of Kitgum, most of whom are Acholi, have suffered 14 years of attacks and abductions by the rebel Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), based in nearby southern Sudan.
		Kitgum is one of many areas in northern Uganda hit by an outbreak of the Ebola virus this year.
	www.charitywire.com /charity96/01548.html (524 words)

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		In May, rebel presence continued to be reported in many parts of these districts, and this was characterized by several attacks on villages and IDP camps, road ambushes and frequent attacks on Kitgum town suburbs, all resulting in the death and abduction of civilians.
		In Kitgum, rebels infiltrated the town and shelling was a common phenomenon during the last week of May. In one of the raids, rebels abducted the Anglican Bishop of Kitgum diocese, but the UPDF (the national army) rescued him.
		Palabek Gem camp, Kitgum district –; An estimated 200-250 rebels attacked the camp in Lamwo county on 16 May. One IDP and two rebels were killed, eight children, ranging in age from six to 16 years, abducted, 105 huts burnt and 505 households looted.
	www.idpproject.org /Sites/idpSurvey.nsf/wViewCountries/176E16826B0634F2C1256EB600545145 (1030 words)

	Uganda
		In the north, particularly in Gulu and Kitgum districts, twelve years of violence by the rebel group, the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), has forced over 330,000 people from their homes.
		The instability and relocation have prevented farming in many areas and has resulted in a food shortage for the displaced, although some are able to cultivate in their new location.
		Food Security in Gulu and Kitgum In October, pockets of insecurity were reported in Gulu District and led to the displacement of a further 9,000 people in Purongo.
	www.unsystem.org /scn/archives/rnis29/ch09.htm (1023 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Africa \| Ambush in northern Uganda (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		According to the chief superintendent at Kitgum government hospital, eight died in the attack - four completely burnt corpses have been carried to the hospital while four others remain in the vehicle burnt beyond recognition.
		At St Josephs hospital in Kitgum town, four people are being treated for injuries, two of whom are in a serious condition.
		On Saturday a lorry carrying cotton was attacked and burnt near Kitgum town and the day before two civilian buses were attacked but there were no casualties.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/africa/2858421.stm (445 words)

	Uganda: humanitarian situation remains difficult
		In view of the escalation of the conflict earlier this year and an assessment confirming the scale of the emergency in the districts of Gulu, Kitgum, Lira, Soroti, and Kaberamaido, the ICRC resumed its operations outside Kampala focusing on protecting and assisting the victims of the conflict.
		As a first priority, the ICRC is concentrating its activities on six camps for the displaced in the Kitgum district: Padibe, Mucwini, Akwang, Labuje, Kitgum Matidi and Lagoro.
		To alleviate the situation, the ICRC is continuing to support hospitals in the districts of Gulu, Kitgum and Pader with medical and non-medical supplies.
	www.icrc.org /web/eng/siteeng0.nsf/iwpList449/AB22259291379B78C1256F7800522491 (733 words)

	District Information Portal :: Pader District
		It was curved out of Kitgum district and is composed of Agago and Aruu counties.
		It borders with Kitgum district in the north, Kotido district in the east, Gulu district in the west, Apac district in the southwest and Lira district in the south.
		The insurgency has also affected districts that neighbour Pader, like Kitgum, Kotido, Gulu, Lira and Apac.As a result of the war Pader district has a lot of spontaneous demographic changes with a large local population in camps and an influx of Sudanese refugees.
	www.mbale.go.ug (502 words)

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