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UGANDA: Post-traumatic stress rife in the north

irinnews.org - GULU Thursday, October 23, 2008 (IRIN) - Sleepless nights, flashbacks and hallucinations have become normal for Michael Ocira, a former soldier in the rebel Ugandan Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), which has waged a civil war in the north for more than two decades. "When I imagine the days in the bush, I lose my senses and thoughts, only to be told later that I acted violently, grabbing hold of anything to [use to] beat anyone near me," Ocira told IRIN on 22 October in Gulu town, one of the...» view full story
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