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_ Drama: "Acholiland," Daniel Harrich of the American Film Institute (Los Angeles).
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_ Drama: "Acholiland," Daniel Harrich of the American Film Institute (Los Angeles).
Forbes.com: News 2009
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If Alice Lakwena had intended to purify Acholiland and then Uganda, Kony and his spirits had another plan—to subjugate it by force.
The Gun C. J. Chivers 2010
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The villagers in Acholiland are almost defenseless against them, and have suffered terribly.
The Gun C. J. Chivers 2010
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Joseph Kony replaced her as the possessed guerrilla leader of Acholiland.
The Gun C. J. Chivers 2010
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The people of Acholiland, the area of northwestern Uganda where these fighters roamed the forests, had been living in fear for more than a decade.
The Gun C. J. Chivers 2010
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Issues of displacement, economics, familial destruction, education, and environmental degradation have all plagued the female population of Acholiland.
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Acholiland, the area of Uganda where he fought for years, remains economically depressed.
NYT > Home Page By C.J. CHIVERS 2011
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Villages lie in ruin, much of the population lives in camps, and the sight of victims of his squads' chilling tactics - including people with their noses and lips sliced away - can imbue Acholiland with a haunted feel.
NYT > Home Page By C.J. CHIVERS 2011
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Kony emerged in the late 1980s as a leader of a rebel group in northern Uganda's Acholiland opposed to President Yoweri Museveni, attracting supporters with a creed based on a mix of mysticism and apocalyptic Christianity.
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