Could there be a lot more carefree games of jump
rope in the near future for Uganda's children?
© Jonathan L. Wiesner / International Rescue Committee
The 20-year war waged by the so-called Lord's Resistance Army in northern Uganda may be ending. The conflict has been a brutal source of death, displacement, child abduction, and other gruesome atrocities, leading many to call it the world's worst--and most neglected--humanitarian crisis. Find out more in today's news section, which also includes info on Nepal's peace process, an environmental score card for the world's top electronics producers, a disturbing report on domestic child labor in India, and more.

Our analysis pieces come from the scientific community today: one reminds voters to focus on politicians' plans for reducing carbon emissions, not just their promises, while the other focuses on what's worked--and what could work--against the AIDS epidemic. And today's top feature looks at the future of Nigeria--which many believe stands at a political crossroads--from the perspective of Nobel Prize-winning author Wole Soyinka.

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