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- proper noun A people in northern
Uganda and southernSudan . - proper noun A
Nilo-Saharan language spoken by this people.
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Examples
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It is the Museveni dictatorship for the Acholi [Uganda], the Arab state for th southern Sudanese, the mestiço state for UNITA [Angola], or the Tutsi state for the Hutu [Rwanda].
November Books 7) The Pollinators of Eden, by John Boyd nwhyte 2009
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Nearly 1.5 million Acholi people had been forced into hellish camps for protection from the terror of Joseph Kony and his Lord's Resistance Army.
Maria Rodale: Eat Trash, Save the Planet Maria Rodale 2011
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Our blundering turned to blessing when a reader suggested we visit Sacred Heart -- a school for young men, many from families displaced by years of violence by roaming rebels against the Acholi people.
As an Adventure Begins, Another One Ends Stephen Kreider Yoder 2011
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Differences were set aside, and kids who spoke Acholi, Ugandan, Swahili, Lango, Rutooro, Runyankore and English found a united narrative in the language of skateboarding.
Andy Stepanian: Love in Action in Uganda: Remembering the Life of Nate Henn and Looking Forward 2010
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THOMPKINS: The Acholi women of northern Uganda make theirs with cassava leaves - no malt, no yeast.
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Kony, who is Acholi, started the LRA purportedly as an anti-government Christian movement, though he strayed from these principles immediately.
Jennifer Brookland: U.S. Tacitly Condones Uganda Violence Through Aid Jennifer Brookland 2010
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Plus, a military solution does not address the root causes of the conflict: political and economic marginalization of the northern Acholi people.
Jennifer Brookland: U.S. Tacitly Condones Uganda Violence Through Aid Jennifer Brookland 2010
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Feeling betrayed by his own Acholi people, whom he accused of failing to adequately support him, Kony unleashed his forces on civilians in northern Uganda.
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This policy began under British colonial rule, when Uganda's southerners were favored over the Acholi.
Jennifer Brookland: U.S. Tacitly Condones Uganda Violence Through Aid Jennifer Brookland 2010
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Feeling betrayed by his own Acholi people, whom he accused of failing to adequately support him, Kony unleashed his forces on civilians in northern Uganda.
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