How LRA war survivors are haunted by stigma, social exclusion
7th February 2025
“Many of those born in captivity are now adults and parents. However, they cannot identify their roots, clans or where they come from,” Lanyero says.
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Bernard Rackara Ocana (L), a trauma counsellor working with AVSI Foundation Uganda, holding a counselling session with victims of the LRA insurgency Apiyo and Anena in Atiti village, Pabo town council, Amuru district. (Credit: Lawrence Mulondo)
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The emotional scars left by the Lord’s Resistance Army’s (LRA) insurgency still haunt survivors years after the conflict ended.
Experts in mental health and psychosocial support have observed a