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Northern Uganda - Home About UsU.S. AssistancePeace ProcessPublic StatementsPhoto GalleryDownloads News Highlights Ambassador s Letter on Northern Uganda Ambassador Steven A. Browning Dear Friend: Thank you for your expression of concern and support for the people of northern Uganda, who have endured a tragic, long-running insurgency by the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA). Please know that I share your concerns. Alleviating suffering and bringing a permanent end to the conflict is a top priority of the U.S. mission in Uganda. The U.S. Government is a partner in redevelopment of the region, and supports the on-going peace talks between the Government of Uganda and the LRA. (Read on) Other News USAID Director visits Northern Uganda USAID ADMINISTRATOR AND DIRECTOR FOR FOREIGN ASSISTANCE HENRIETTA FORE VISITS NORTHERN UGANDA Henrietta H. Fore, Administrator of USAID and Director of U.S. Foreign Assistance visited Uganda from March 12 -16, 2008. She is responsible for managing U.S. foreign assistance aimed at improving developing countries’ social, economic and political systems. In Uganda, U.S. assistance focuses on strengthening the conditions for peaceful development in post-conflict northern Uganda; promoting the institutionalization of multi-party democracy; addressing key health threats including malaria and HIV/AIDS; incorporating smallholder farmers into the value chain and protecting biodiversity in the environmentally threatened Albertine Rift and endangered areas of northern Uganda. (more) Ambassador Steven A. Browning U.S. Mission to Uganda Ambassador’s Review July 23, 2007 Northern Uganda is beginning to emerge from one of Africa’s most brutal conflicts. Those of us fortunate enough to be serving in Uganda at this time are watching and participating in a dramatic transformation. One year ago, the Government of Uganda and the Lord’s Resistance Army began negotiations to end a 21-year old insurgen...