Her Story 2: Betty Bigombe, Ugandan peace negotiator
Betty Bigombe spent much of her career trying to negotiate peace with the notorious warlord Joseph Kony. She was born in northern Uganda as one of 11 children. Betty focused on her education from an early age. She won a fellowship at Harvard where she received an MA in Public Administration. On ret…
Committee Urges Swift Formation of South Sudan Unity Government
A committee formed to help resolve disputes over the boundaries and number of South Sudan states has turned the issue over to arbitration, adding the issue should not hold up formation of a unity government.
After President Salva Kiir and opposition leader Riek Machar failed to agree on the number …
Challenges of peace talks and mediation - Does it address the question of justice?'
Betty Bigombe, Ugandan MP, State Minister for Water Resources, and Ugandan Peace Negotiator gives a talk for the OTJR seminar series on 7th February. Part of the Oak series on Amnesty.
The Woman Who Changed Warlord Joseph Kony’s Mind
In an effort to bring an end to violence in northern Uganda in 1993, Betty Bigombe decides to engage directly with the notorious warlord, Joseph Kony. Today we hear about one woman’s approach to unlocking peace in the enemy.
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What goes on behind the scenes at peace talks?
Today Africa Daily meets the peace-makers:
Betty Bigombe walked alone into the jungle to meet the notorious warlord Joseph Kony of the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) – who had a reputation for cutting off the limbs or lips of his victims.
Paul Nantulya worked alongside Nelson Mandela on the Arusha p…
Reconciliation Part 5: Listening
Note: before watching this message it would be worth watching the story of Betty Bigombe at: https://www.usip.org/public-education-new/betty-bigombe-building-peace-uganda
We all know what it’s like to feel unheard. Hopefully we also know what it’s like to be listened to really well. As we think ab…
Chasing Peace: 1. Wired for War?
It’s December 2008. Wasim’s newborn daughter Yuna urgently needs care. He has no choice but to navigate the flames engulfing the streets of Gaza to find a doctor. In that harrowing moment, Wasim feels a profound injustice. This is not the future he wants for Yuna - or any other child. Despite the d…
Chasing Peace: 2. A Peace that Lasts
Uganda, in the mid-1990s - 35-year-old Betty Bigombe is sent by President Yoweri Museveni to the north of the country to open peace talks with rebel groups. Her mission: to stop the violence by negotiating with those behind thousands of deaths and horrific massacres. But to bring peace, she might h…
Negotiating Peace: Conditions of Possibility
The Roberta Buffett Institute's 2024–25 international diplomacy series culminated in our spring quarter symposium, Negotiating Peace in a Multipolar World: Lessons Learned, organized with Fundación Acordemos. This two-day event brought together diplomats, negotiators, and academics to discuss the h…
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