(map) A cease-fire went into effect Tuesday, putting a halt to a 20-year conflict that killed at least 100,000, many of the casualties children. The UN Office for the Coordination of Human Affairs reports that both the Ugandan government the rebel Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) are confident in the “unprecedented will from both sides” for peace, consumated in the signing of an agreement on Saturday.
May peace be contagious!