July. 2014. Vol. 4, No.3 ISSN 2307-227X International Journal of Research In Social Sciences © 2013-2014 IJRSS & K.A.J. All rights reserved www.ijsk.org/ijrss 86 RESETTLEMENT INTERVENTIONS FOR INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS IN NORTHERN UGANDA Tom Ogwang PhD Fellow, Department of Political Science and Public Administration, Makerere University, Email:ogwangtom@gmail.com ABSTRACT There were 1.8 million internally displaced persons (IDPs) in greater northern Uganda at the height of the LRA insurgency, from 1994 to mid-2000. 1 Although the 2006 Juba peace talks were ultimately unsuccessful at bringing about a resolution to the conflict, it did contribute to a semblance of relative calm and peace in the northern, enabling many people to leave the official IDP camps for either their original homes or ‘transit’ camps. The government of Uganda and development partners embarked on resettling and rebuilding war ravaged areas of that country through various intervention programmes, including resettlement interventions of internally displaced persons in northern Uganda. Given the spectrum of experiences associated with return, resettlement, and reintegration of displaced persons, it is imperative to ask whether the interventions designed and developed actually address the needs of the displaced persons. Key words: Resettlement, internally displaced persons 1 Some sources put the number of the displaced at 1.8 million, while others say 1.7 million. See Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre, ‘A profile of the internal displacement situation’, Geneva, 2 8 December 2010.