Nine years ago, Santonino Otok fled his home in the green fields of northern Uganda for a refugee camp, fearing attack by marauding rebels. Now he is back under his old mango tree. ”My parents are buried here and my parents’ parents, so it’s a blessing to return,” said a beaming Otok (66), surveying the birthplace he thought he might never see again.
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/ 14 February 2007
Drought cycles are coming more often to north-eastern Uganda: every two years instead of every five. Residents could cope, if it wasn’t for the bandits. Lina Lomongin used to have 10 cows to her name and could feed herself and her four children on their milk and blood.