Uganda: Displaced face psychological barrier to return home

Peace talks between the Ugandan government and the rebel Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) have raised hopes among people in the country's northern Pader district that their long ordeal may be soon over. Most of the district's population has been displaced by the insurgency. But the security situation has eased since the launch last July of peace negotiations aimed at ending 21 years of civil war – it is safe to travel without armed escort and internally displaced people (IDP) are slowly leaving camps and returning to their places of origin.