So there I was, surfing the CBC, trying to get myself in the mood for returning to Canada, when I came across this gem ( Read more... )

Off to the conference later today...
But in the meantime, check out the website put up by a bunch of organizations (including RLP) opposing the Ugandan anti-homosexuality Bill:

http://www.ugandans4rights.org/

Thanks to everyone who sent me concerned messages over the last 24 hours ( Read more... )

And here's the text of the press release itself ( Read more... )

I have been meaning to post for some time and haven't because I've been busy and over time the things I would want to post about have been multiplying - my existential deliberations, my quite succesful launch of the briefing paper, Ugandan politics, the awesome weekend I had on a semi-deserted island eating fish from lake Victoria and fending off ( Read more... )

http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1924258,00.html

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8251907.stm

We´re having a bit of excitement at the moment, I´m at my friend´s apartment and can´t go home ´cause of the riots. Our neighborhood seems to be right at the centre of the action, though it seems fine once you´re indoors - to get indoors I had to walk down a road with burning tires, barricades and very scary looking armored vehicles. There´s been ( Read more... )

My briefing note on the impact of violence on people’s perceptions of transitional justice processes has just come out, and I’m damn proud of it, so check it out:

http://www.beyondjuba.org/briefing_papers/Psychosocial_Briefing_Note.pdf

Link correction to the photos:

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=140493&id=665795308&l=37399b95c7