Peter Quaranto, of Uganda Conflict Action Network (UgandaCan) just published a policy brief on the situation in northern Uganda that can be found at this website .

Also, UgandaCAN, including former AFJN staffer, Michael Poffenberge, and AFJN intern, Desiree Fair, has recently launched a new campaign entitled, ‘Resolve Uganda’, which aims to unite all the efforts of citizens concerned about the crisis in northern Uganda and offer even more opportunities to take action.

The website was recently launched as a 'work in progress.' It will provide visitors a variety of ways of getting involved in the effort to raise the profile of the conflict in northern Uganda and hopefully facilitate a rapid and peaceful resolution to the violence and the displacement of people.

For more information visit: www.resolveuganda.org.

2008 has gotten off to a difficult start in much of Africa. With the post-election violence in Kenya, escalating conflict in eastern D.R. Congo, ongoing suffering in Darfur, Chad, Cameroon, and Somalia, the challenge of advocating for peace can seem daunting. Voices of happiness and hope tend to be drowned out by the media’s focus on the devastation happening in Africa and around the world. But in the midst of all of the commotion, northern Uganda has experienced a sense of calmness over the past several months as the parties involved in the conflict edge closer to a final peace agreement.