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From Our Own Correspondent: Life after the Lord's Resistance Army

16/03/2024

Life after the Lord's Resistance Army

BBC Radio 4 - From Our Own Correspondent, Life after the Lord's Resistance Army

How forgotten victims of violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo are trying to heal.

The brutality of Joseph Kony once made global headlines. Today, in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the forgotten victims of The Lord's Resistance Army are still trying to heal.

Kate Adie presents dispatches from the Democratic Republic of Congo, Iran, the United States, Croatia and France.

The brutality of Joseph Kony and the Lord's Resistance Army once made headlines around the world, as #Kony2012 became a global social media cause. While the world soon moved on, the forgotten victims of LRA violence living in the Democratic Republic of Congo are still trying to heal. Hugh Kinsella Cunningham reports from Haut-Uele province.

The Islamic Revolution in Iran put an end to a once thriving cabaret culture and music scene. But over the years, people have still found ways to party - albeit underground and out of sight of the religious police. Among them was Faranak Amidi, who’s met some of Iran’s women DJs, who dream of playing to clubbers all over the world.

A controversial court ruling in Alabama has divided Christian conservatives on the issue of reproductive rights, as the state's supreme court ruled that frozen embryos should be considered as children. Nomia Iqbal reports on the schism that has emerged between pro-life Republicans. 

Rab Island off the north coast of Croatia was once home to a lesser-known Italian concentration camp, where some 4,000 people were killed during World War Two. Mary Novakovich visited the island, where she met a woman who began her life in one of the camps.

And our Paris Correspondent Hugh Schofield takes on the challenge of running the city's half-marathon - with some welcome assistance from The Rolling Stones. 

Producer: Serena Tarling
Production coordinator: Katie Morrison
Editor: Richard Fenton-Smith

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