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Sophie Neiman

Cattle raiders give up guns in ongoing fight for peace in northern Uganda

Cattle grazing in Kotido town, Karamoja, northeast Uganda [Sophie Neiman/Al Jazeera]

Kotido, Uganda – Francis Losigaara thought cattle rustling would be a good way to make money. Getting a weapon and stealing livestock seemed easy enough, and would keep his family fed.

But one by one he watched his four best friends die, shot in successive raids gone wrong until he was alone. The fellows he used to drink and woo women with were buried, as wives and children left behind begged for his support. It did not seem so easy any more.

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