The war and humanitarian crises engulfing northern Uganda are intricately linked with the armed Conflict, Armed (War) and unrest in eastern Uganda and southern Sudan. As a result of the links between the upheavals in these three areas, a vicious cycle of interlocked armed Conflict, Armed (War) and insecurity exists across the region. Yet the current policy of key international donor governments, ... read morethe World Bank, the United Nations, and the African Union of addressing these Conflict, Armed (War)s in relative isolation may ultimately guarantee that armed Conflict, Armed (War) continues in the region. Regardless of the optimism surrounding the current peace agreement between the government of Sudan (GoS) and the Sudanese People's Liberation Movement/Army (SPLM/A), given the existing conditions on the ground, it is likely that this region will continue to be mired in violence and crises unless policymakers and donors adapt their perspective to take into account the larger regional picture.read less
