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Business activity reflects improved security in Karamoja

    NAIROBI

    Commercial transport has returned to some areas of Karamoja district and livestock markets are again reported to be operational, reflecting a “slightly improved” security situation in the area, a UN report from Kampala stated on Sunday. Virtually all commercial activity in the area had previously been halted by violent clashes within Karamoja clans, and between the Karamoja and the Uganda People’s Defence Force (UPDF), which left hundreds of civilians dead in August and September.

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