Uganda: Great Potential for Acholiland

For someone who just turned 90, Amamiya Akera has big plans for the future of his Acholi community. He sees rolling hills of maize, simsim and cassava. He sees school children walking on the road with full stomachs while shiny tractors traverse the green goldmine that surrounds them. Security and agricultural growth in the region may not be far away, reports the Daily Monitor. "The Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) has retreated into the Congo (where UN is sending soldiers to defeat them) and Sudan (where the US is supporting joint Ugandan-Sudanese military operations against them), says the report.