Genocide in Uganda devastates children

By Thomas Fudge / Science and Technology Reporter, KPBS Public Broadcasting

Published April 10, 2006 at 9:00 PM PDT

This story was published more than 18 years ago.

Host Tom Fudge speaks to Olara Otunnu, an internationally recognized advocate for children's rights, about the genocide in northern Uganda. Otunnu recounts the horrific conditions that exist in gover

Host Tom Fudge speaks to Olara Otunnu, an internationally recognized advocate for children's rights, about the genocide in northern Uganda. Otunnu recounts the horrific conditions that exist in government-run concentration camps. Otunnu also talks about how the U.S. can use its economic and cultural influence to end the genocide.

Olara Otunnu will be speak on "Saving Our Children from the Scourge of War" at 7pm this evening, 4/11/06, at the Institute for Peace and Justice on the USD campus.

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Guest:

Olara Otunnu . President of the LBL Foundation for Children, and former UN Undersecretary General and Special Representative for Children in Armed Conflict.