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8A NEWS/!E:]!ie CliatUne $o«t Thursday, February 26, 2004 Soudieni Sudanese town shows signs Of peace By Mohame'd Osman THE ASSOCIATED PRESS JUBA, Sudan — New build ings are going up in this southern city. Phone lines are being laid and an Internet cafe has opened. At Peace Square, where home less war widows once slept on the dirt hugging their children, young couples chat into the evening at a new restaurant. Juba, a city that was Troops chase killers of 206 Ugandans By Geoifrey Muleme THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LIRA, Uganda — Government forces swept through villages in northern Uganda on Monday in pur suit of rebels who killed more than 200 unarmed civilians seeking shelter at a refugee camp. The army clashed with a small group of rebels of the Lord’s Resistance Army on Sunday, killing one insur gent, said 2nd Lt. Chris Magezi of the Ugandan army. The rebels, armed with assault rifles, mortars and rocket-propelled grenades, raided Barlonyo camp north of the town of Lira late Saturday, shooting people as they fled and burning others in their mud and grass huts. It was one of the worst attacks in recent years by the shadowy group, which has been fighting the Ugandan government for 17 years. Camp officials calculated that 206 civilians were killed, at least six of whom died of their wounds in a hospital, said Charles Angiro, a parliament mem ber representing the region. reduced by war to being a place of the old, the hungry and the abandoned, has started coming back to life in the year since the Sudanese government and rebels signed a truce, setting the stage for peace talks now under way in neighboring Kenya. “Only two years ago, we did not have a single com muter minibus in this town. Now, as you can see for your self, we have scores of them taking people from any end of downtown Juba,” said Adou Kelefa, a 35-year-old mechanic and minibus dri ver. “I believe this town will be something different with the coming of peace. We could even have better vans going around - instead of this junk of steel and smoke,” Kelefa said. Peace after a 21-year north-south civil war that has killed and uprooted mil lions, would be a triumph for the U.S., European and African diplomats coaxing the continent’s biggest coun- tiy toward normality. Things could still come unstuck. The two sides have to reach agreement on shar ing the country’s oil wealth, and another, separate rebel lion is raging in the west of Sudan. Eastern Sudan also has a history of tribal unrest. But as he struggles to steer his dilapidated Ibyota van over the rough roads of Juba’s poorest neighbor hoods, Keleka’s optimism doesn’t waver. He boasts of having stayed in Juba even during the worst fighting rather than join the refugee exodus. Once those refugees return, Juba’s population is expect ed to grow from 350,000 to a million. At the Khustum bus sta tion, women sell snacks and tea. In the evenings, young men, including former fight ers and others back from the relative sanctuary of the north, joke with the wait resses, eating and drinking outside the mud canteens. Hanging out here used to be an invitation to harass ment by government forces on the lookout for young rebel fighters. Another big change is the underground telephone lines that will bring service into all city homes. Mobile phone service is available, in a place where even carrying an unauthorized two-way radio was a serious security offense just two years ago. The Sudanese government is refurbishing the University of Juba, trans formed during the war into a camp for govemment-alhed paramilitaiies. Prices of goods from the north are double what is paid in the capital, Khartoum. But at least there’s food. In the past, war prevented crops from being planted and famine reigned. A dozen perfect mangos cost 3,000 pounds ($1.20) - a fifth of the wartime price. But a soft drink, which has to be flown in from Khartoum, costs 80 cents - twice the price in the capital. An experienced Sudanese civil servant earns 270,000 pounds (about $100) a month. For worse is the legacy of 2 million dead, most through war-induced famine. Juba’s children, in particular, still show high rates of malnutri tion, anemia, malaria and emotional damage from the loss of parents and the fight ing they have witnessed. Kindergarten teacher Angelo Jinawe says that when given clay to mold, most of the kids in his care make tanks or war planes. UNICEF, the U.N. chil dren’s fund, has trained 85 teachers in Juba in methods of overcoming these trau mas. “We hope that through playing we can help these children learn something positive and, in the end, heal their psychological wounds,” Jinawe said. “But peace would be the greatest of boosts — I honestly believe so.” He said he was amazed at how well the children respond to one particular song in the local Achule lan guage - clapping, cheering and dancing excitedly when he leads the chorus. Foster parents more than caretakers Continued from page 1A amount of money,” she said. But, to be a foster parent, an individual must be a resi dent of Mecklenburg County, have a valid driver’s license and transportation, a tele phone and be open to home visits. Over the last eight years, Gatlin and her husband Earl have opened their home to eight children after raising two sons of their own. Why do they do it? Karan Gatlin says that it is for the chil dren. ‘When children come into the home, they want par ents,” she said. “They would come in and overnight, they would start calling us Mom and Dad.” The Gatlin family usually takes in children between the ages of 2 and 5, Karan said. This year, however, they have two boys who are 10 and 11. Gatlin said older children usually come with more baggage than the younger ones, but that’s not the case with her boys or the 8-year-oid girl she and her husband are in the process of adopting. Over the years, Gatlin said, she has seen many success ful reunions of families and even “adopted” the parents of one of her former foster children. “I became the grandmoth er in that family, because the parents themselves never had parents,” she said. ‘We don’t realize how children in America are misused.” Gatlin says that once chil dren leave her home, she is confident that she and her family have planted a seed that will help them to a bet ter life. “My brother, his wife and my sons adopt these kids with me,” she said. “For I will restore health unto thee, and I will heat thy wounds, saith the Lord.” - Jeremiah 30: 17 HmeriCare^^Healih On “The Plaza” • 704-535-0400 .1805 Milton Road • Charlotte, NC 28215 • Pediatrics At “The Park” • 704-399-2677 6025 Beatties Ford Road » Charlotte. NC 28216 For All Family Healthcare Needs - Accepting New Patients - Fi| “Appointments Not Necessary” Dr. Fidelis Edosomwan Pediatrics @ The Park -Nc low open - Andrew Ighade, MD Antbonia 0. 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