The documentary I made in 2009 on the LRA.

The LRA (Lord's Resistance Army) are a rebel group led by Joseph Kony that have been in conflict with the Ugandan army the UPDF (Uganda People's Defence Force) and several others for at this point over two decades. The group are infamous for abducting childen and for their brutality.

Having previously lived and worked as a freelance independent international photographer and journalist in Kenya, and reported on some of the issues in the region and surrounding this conflict since 2000 in News Africa, The Hague Appeal For Peace Newsletter and more recently on City University’s MA International Journalism radio program International Perspectives in 2009 I travelled to Northern Uganda to interview some of those who have been directly involved in the conflict which I did an MA thesis and dissertation on.

I was aiming it at the BBC who had asked me to edit together a version for them but who then did not want to broadcast it. This is that version.

All the translations were cross translated carefully by native speakers of differing tribal backgrounds in the field and they are voiced in English here by local people from Gulu. Some of the names have been changed to protect the identity of the interviewee and dependent children at the time. I retain my copyright and this work may not be broadcast without consent.