Regional Powers Engage Ugandan Rebels

(16 Dec 08 - RV) Three African armies have launched an offensive against the Ugandan rebel Lord's Resistance Army, based in eastern Congo, in an attempt to end one of the continent's longest and most brutal wars. Philippia Hitchen talked with the vice chancellor of Gulu university in northern Uganda, Professor Jack Nyeko Penmogi (PEN-MO-GAY), who says the security situation has improved, though fear of a renewed outbreak of fighting is stopping many people from returning to their homes in the rural areas...