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Thursday, November 4, 2004 - 02:00
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Conflict & emergencies [2]
Issue Number: 
181 [3]
Article-Summary: 

The International Criminal Court (ICC) will not prosecute child soldiers and will work with local elders striving to end northern Uganda's brutal 18-year-old war, Prosecutor Luis Moreno Ocampo said on Monday. Uganda's government has praised the ICC probe but some northern religious leaders have criticised it, fearing it will create a crisis of confidence and stall further surrenders by rebels of the cult-like Lord's Resistance Army (LRA).

Category: 
Human Security [4]
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http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category.php/conflict/25453 [5]
Country: 
Uganda [6]

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