Unsustainable Peace in Northern Uganda

Odoch Pido () and Donna K. Pido ()
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Odoch Pido: Technical University of Kenya
Donna K. Pido: Technical University of Kenya

A chapter in Peace Studies for Sustainable Development in Africa, 2022, pp 379-391 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Peace in Northern Uganda has been a concern of many individuals, nations, and agencies. Since the news that war in the sub-region has stopped, it is tempting to think that peace has finally returned to Northern Uganda. The three key questions we hope to answer are: What were the reasons for the war? Is there peace in Northern Uganda? and Is the peace sustainable? Our argument is that the apparent peace in the region is unsustainable. We come to the above argument after studying the works of non-scholars and scholars in the field of Journalism, Political Science, Legal Studies, Peace Studies, Conflict Resolution, and other relevant disciplines. Our most considerable source is personal participatory experience of over 50 years. We explore the “othering” of the Acholi and Langi peoples and other communities of the North by the colonial government and the non-Nilotic peoples of Uganda. Soon after the first decade of Independence, geopolitics brought Idi Amin to power and permanently undermined peace in the North. Our experience indicates that the present appearance of peace in the North may be unsustainable because there is no underlying peace or acceptance of Northerners by other Ugandans. In this chapter, we explore the concept of peace in the “othering” context. We look at definitional exclusion and inclusion and the manipulation of definitions, dissemination, and propaganda to suit the powerful while ignoring the victims.

Keywords: Northern Uganda; Sustainable peace; Othering; Interethnic conflict; Acholi people; Nilotes; Bantus (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-92474-4_31

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