{"id":5783,"date":"2018-05-28T15:25:51","date_gmt":"2018-05-28T13:25:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogg.mah.se\/mfs\/?p=5783"},"modified":"2018-05-28T15:25:51","modified_gmt":"2018-05-28T13:25:51","slug":"survivors-and-safaris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogg.mah.se\/mfs\/2018\/05\/28\/survivors-and-safaris\/","title":{"rendered":"Survivors and Safaris"},"content":{"rendered":"

The 19th<\/sup> of May 2004 was a horrifying day for the people of Lukodi (a village 17 kilometers North of Gulu town). On this day, the Lord\u2019s Resistance Army (LRA) raided the village and carried out a massacre, taking the lives of more than 60 people. 14 years later, Dominic Ongwen is being tried at the International Criminal Court (ICC) for his role in the massacre while survivors request for the government\u2019s assistance to reconstruct their village and rebuild their lives.<\/p>\n

Apart from the massacre, Lukodi was one of the villages in Northern Uganda that suffered from persistent attacks by the LRA. Last week, I talked to some of the survivors who also stressed the responsibility of the government to remedy the human rights violations as it failed to protect them from abduction and other atrocities during the armed conflict. One was even abducted from the \u201cprotected\u201d IDP camp (i.e. internally displaced persons) while others were abducted from their homes or the school. One thing is for sure, the survivors and their families continue to struggle psychologically, economically, and (at times) socially.<\/p>\n

In the weekend, I enjoyed a leisure trip to\u00a0Murchison National Park\u00a0<\/a>and Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary.<\/a> All of the following animals were encountered in their natural habitat and under their conditions: lionesses and lion cubs, hippos, buffalos, crocodiles, elephants, antelopes, a hyena, red monkeys, baboons, warthogs (Pumba), giraffes, vultures, rhinos and much more. It was also a real baby boom to the enjoyment of all of us! Lastly, most of the animals were seen up close at a distance of\u00a0less\u00a0than 30 meters. Going on a safari is one of the most expensive things to do in Uganda (as well as other tourist activities) but it is a once in a lifetime experience that is worth every shilling!<\/p>\n

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Baby Rhino, Madam, born the 26th of August 2017 in Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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A young elephant (Murchison Falls National Park).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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A family of lionesses and their cubs resting\u00a0in Murchison Falls National Park.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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A baby giraffe with its mother (Murchison Falls National Park).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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The 19th of May 2004 was a horrifying day for the people of Lukodi (a village 17 kilometers North of Gulu town). On this day, the Lord\u2019s Resistance Army (LRA) raided the village and carried out a massacre, taking the lives of more than 60 people. 14 years later, Dominic Ongwen is being tried at … <\/p>\n

Forts\u00e4tt l\u00e4sa \u201dSurvivors and Safaris\u201d<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1224,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[620,621,427,617,619,220,618,142],"class_list":["post-5783","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ks-gps","tag-elephants","tag-giraffes","tag-lions","tag-massacre","tag-rhino","tag-safari","tag-survivors","tag-uganda"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogg.mah.se\/mfs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5783","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogg.mah.se\/mfs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogg.mah.se\/mfs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogg.mah.se\/mfs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1224"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogg.mah.se\/mfs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5783"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogg.mah.se\/mfs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5783\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5791,"href":"https:\/\/blogg.mah.se\/mfs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5783\/revisions\/5791"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogg.mah.se\/mfs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5783"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogg.mah.se\/mfs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5783"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogg.mah.se\/mfs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5783"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}