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  • An Oromo woman in Yemen says she needs to pay for her child's healthcare.
  • Mohammed Mousa, an ethnic Oromo, says he was attacked by a group of young Yemeni men, who beat him and stole his money.
  • A woman with a child on her back getting her rations, Oromi IDP camp, Kitgum District, northern Uganda, 18 May 2007. Women do many varied chores as mothers, wives or workers.
  • Children showing seeds being planted on a farm near Oromi IDP camp, Kitgum District, northern Uganda 17 May 2007. In the north, particularly in Gulu and Kitgum Districts, 12 years of violence by the rebel LRA has forced over 200,000 people from their home
  • Young boy takes a break from digging at a farm near Lagoro IDP camp, Kitgum District, northern Uganda, 20 May 2007. The security situation in Gulu and Kitgum District remains stable but uncertain with isolated reports of rebel activity, mainly in Kitgum D
  • A young boy digging near Lagoro IDP camp, Kitgum District, northern Uganda, 20 May 2007. In isolated areas of Kitgum District, some IDPs have been able to return home temporarily to cultivate beans, cassava, green grams, maize, millet, sorghum and vegetab
    A young boy digging near Lagoro IDP camp, Kitgum District, northern Uganda
  • A mother with a baby on her back clears weeds on a farm near Lagoro IDP camp, Kitgum District, northern Uganda, 20 May 2007. Widespread food insecurity continues in northern Uganda, where many IDPs have been unable to access fields to cultivate and harv
  • An overview of Lagoro IDP camp in Kitgum District, northern Uganda, 20 May 2007. In April 2002 there were an estimated 450,000 displaced people in northern Uganda. As of mid-2004, this number increased to an estimated 1.5 million, making the tiny region h
    An overview of Lagoro IDP camp in Kitgum District, northern Uganda
  • A woman prepares land for cultivation near Lagoro IDP camp, Kitgum District, northern Uganda, 20 May 2007. Insecurity between 1996 and 1998 led to the displacement of much of the population. Security improved from November 1997, and since December 1998 be
  • Ugandan Defence Forces accompanying a convoy delivering food to Oromi IDP camp in Kitgum District, northern Uganda, 19 May 2007. “Aid workers are struggling to get food to the most vulnerable people and convoys need armed escorts," Davies said. “Most
  • Children pose for a photo just before picking fallen grains from the ground, Oromi IDP camp, Kitgum District, northern Uganda, 19 May 2007. The war has particularly affected children, who have nowhere to go and endure poor living conditions.
  • A girl poses for a photo after working in the fields near Oromi IDP camp, Kitgum District, northern Uganda, 19 May 2007. Displaced women and girls in northern Uganda have few places to turn for protection from the various entities that seek to harm them.
  • A child plays with a toy mobile phone in Oromi Camp in Kitgum District, northern Uganda, 19 May 2007. Since mid-2002, the LRA has abducted an estimated 12,000 children, who have then been subjected to - or forced to witness or commit - atrocities that com
  • A child carrying a tin of cooking oil, Oromi IDP camp, Kitgum District, northern Uganda, 18 May 2007. The war has particularly affected children, who have nowhere to go and endure poor living conditions.
  • A woman cleans cereals at the Omiya-Anyima IDP camp, Kitgum District, northern Uganda, 17 May 2007. Displaced women and girls are especially at risk because of the manner in which the war is being fought.
  • Children pose for a photo on a hill overlooking Omiya-Anyima IDP camp in Kitgum District, northern Uganda, 17 May 2007. Since mid-2002, the LRA has abducted an estimated 12,000 children who have then been subjected to - or forced to witness or commit - at
  • Young boy planting seeds at a farm near Oromi IDP camp, Kitgum District, northern Uganda, 17 May 2007. Widespread food insecurity continues in northern Uganda, where many IDPs have been unable to access fields to cultivate and harvest crops due to civil i
  • young boy helps in the farm while a sibling watches, Kitgum District, northern Uganda, 16 May 2007. In isolated parts of Kitgum District, some of the IDPs have been able to return home temporarily to cultivate beans, cassava, green grams, maize, millet, s
    A young boy works the land in Kitgum District, northern Uganda
  • Women preparing land for cultivation near Oromi IDP camp, Kitgum District, northern Uganda, 16 May 2007. Women and girls in the camps in northern Uganda face sexual violence and exploitation by the very soldiers who are supposed to protect them.
  • A group of young boys drumming for dancers at Namokora IDP camp, Kitgum District, northern Uganda, 15 May 2007. The war has subsided and internally displaced people find time to play their traditional instruments.
  • Young girls entertain guests at Namokora IDP camp, Kitgum District, northern Uganda, 15 May 2007. Girls in northern Uganda are highly vulnerable to human rights abuses, which makes international law protecting them all the more critical.
    Young girls entertain guests at Namokora IDP camp, Kitgum District, northern Uganda
  • An old woman blowing a horn, Namokora IDP camp, Kitgum District, northern Uganda, 15 May 2007. Despite the war, some have not forgotten their culture or traditional modes of entertainment.
    A woman blowing a horn in Namokora IDP camp, Kitgum District, northern Uganda
  • A group of dancers warming up to entertain guests at Namokora IDP camp, Kitgum District, northern Uganda, 15 May 2007. Some cultural traditions are dying out because no one has been practising them during the two-decade-long war.
  • A woman sits by the fireplace in her hut in Oromi camp in Kitgum District, northern Uganda, 15 May 2007. Women and girls in the camps in northern Uganda also face sexual violence and exploitation by the very soldiers who are supposed to protect them.
  • A young boy poses for a photo showing his mutilated limbs, Kitgum District, northern Uganda, 19 May 2007. Alfred was mutilated during an attack in his village by LRA rebels in 2004.
  • Children pose for a photo after picking grains at Oromi IDP camp, Kitgum District, northern Uganda, 19 May 2007. WFP is currently providing food assistance to approximately 318,000 IDPs in both Gulu and Kitgum Districts.
    Children at Oromi IDP camp, Kitgum District, northern Uganda
  • Young boys prepare land for cultivation near Oromi IDP camp, Kitgum District, northern Uganda, 19 May 2007. In the north, particularly in Gulu and Kitgum Districts, 12 years of violence by the rebel LRA has forced over 200,000 people from their homes. A f
    Young boys prepare land for cultivation near Oromi IDP camp, Kitgum District, northern Uganda. May 2007
  • A young boy studies in front of his hut in Oromi IDP camp in Kitgum District, northern Uganda, 19 May 2007. Each segment of the civilian population in the north faces its own horrors. Boys are kidnapped by the LRA and brutally indoctrinated into life as s
  • A large family pose for a photo in front of a hut in Oromi IDP camp, Kitgum District, northern Uganda, 19 May 2007. In northern Uganda, camp environments are further strained by massive overcrowding (particularly problematic for a people used to living in
  • Residents building a hut in Oromi IDP camp, Kitgum District, northern Uganda, 19 May 2007. In northern Uganda, camp environments are further strained by massive overcrowding (particularly problematic for a people used to living in large family compounds),
  • A woman carries her share of rations at the Oromi IDP camp, Kitgum District, northern Uganda, 18 May 2007. “WFP strongly appreciates the swift response to our March appeal from the UN Central Emergency Response Fund, the United States, Canada and Norway
  • Children picking grains at Oromi IDP camp, Kitgum District, northern Uganda, 18 May 2007. Nothing can be wasted at the camps. The grains can be used for planting or for adding to their share of food rations.

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