Executive summary

By Geoffrey Mutegeki

Kyenjojo and Kabarole districts in western Uganda have also borne the blunt of the drought that has affected most parts of the country.

“I planted maize and beans early last month expecting rainfall, but we were hit by the dry spell. All the crops are stunted and drying up. I am planning to dig them up because I don’t expect any harvest,” said John Kamara, a farmer in Kyenjojo district.

Over the last two days, somel parts of Kyenjonjo received rain, but most farmers said the rain had no impact.

New report analyses what is needed for gender-just reparation for women, girls and their families affected by the armed conflict between the Government of Uganda and the Lord’s Resistance Army.

06/15/2013 22:21 GMT

BANGUI, 15 juin 2013 (AFP) - Au moins 16 personnes ont été tuées jeudi dans une attaque de l'Armée de résistance du seigneur (LRA), rébellion ougandaise, dans le centre de la Centrafrique, a-t-on appris de source militaire centrafricaine samedi.

"Des éléments de la LRA ont attaqué jeudi deux villages dans la région de Bria (région minière du centre), et ils ont tué six personnes, blessé près d'une dizaine d'autres, pillé les maisons d'habitation", a déclaré la source militaire.

06/16/2013 02:54 GMT

BANGUI, June 16, 2013 (AFP) - At least 16 people have been killed during clashes between rebels of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) and villagers in Central African Republic, a military source said late Saturday.

LRA fighters attacked two villages in the central mining region of Bria on Thursday, initially killing six people and wounding about 10 others as they looted houses, said the source.

"The rebels were pursued and caught by villagers armed with rifles... who killed four of them," the source added.

06/14/2013 18:31 GMT

LIBREVILLE, 14 juin 2013 (AFP) - Le président centrafricain Michel Djotodia, qui a pris le pouvoir fin mars, a affirmé vendredi que la situation se normalisait à Bangui, où les anciens rebelles étaient "en train d'être désarmés", à l'ouverture d'un sommet des chefs d'Etats d'Afrique centrale à Libreville.

Resumen ejecutivo

Globally, 16 million girls aged 15-19 years and two million girls under age 15 give birth every year. In the poorest regions of the world, this translates to roughly one in three girls bearing children by the age of 18.

Adolescent girls are at the highest risk of maternal death: the risk of pregnancy-related death is twice as high for girls aged 15-19 and five times higher for girls aged 10-14 compared to women in their twenties.

On June 12, 2013, The Ministry of Disaster Management and Refugee Affairs (MIDIMR) received 25 families composed of 48 individuals who repatriated from Orukinga camp in Uganda.

The returnees included 19 children, 15 women and 12 men. Most of them had spent more than 19 years in exile after they fled the country in 1994 during the Genocide against Tutsis.

As they crossed Gatuna border in the Northern Province of Rwanda, they said they felt extremely tranquil considering the warm welcome by MIDIMAR and UNHCR officials.