Research carried out in two densely populated wards of Kampala in 2012 shows that food-insecure households dropped, or significantly decreased, their consumption of matoke, the plantain staple, soon after its availability declined and the market price rose. They shifted to a diet for which the base was a stiff maize porridge (posho), eating just one meal a day. Man...

This article scrutinizes writings on ethnicity with reference to Hema and Lendu, the main protagonists in the Ituri conflict (1999?2007). First, it reviews representations during the conflict: Hema leaders portray Lendu as ?wild and untameable?, ?génocidaires?, and ?incapable of governance?; Lendu leaders portray Hema as driven by an innate desire for political and...