Conflict and vulnerable groups

Confronting issues for female youth in northern Uganda

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As peace talks being brokered by the Government of southern Sudan offer the prospect of an end to one of Africa’s longest conflicts (between the Government of Uganda and the Lords Resistance Army), this paper carries out a thematic-based analysis of the current situation with regards to female youth in northern Uganda.

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