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Northern Ugandans are hoping the rebel Lord's Resistance Army
will soon sign a peace agreement with President Yoweri Museveni's
government. Their hope is understandable. The LRA's 21-year insurgency
and the Ugandan government's response have largely destroyed the region
north of the Nile and south of Sudan. But resolving the conflict
largely hinges on the enigmatic chairman of the LRA, Joseph Kony. A fine new book helps to demystify Kony, the LRA and the conflict which may or may not end soon.
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