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Ugandan peace negotiator Betty Bigombe (R) receives from Dutch ambassador Joke Brandt (L), Deputy Director of International Cooperation for the Ministry of Development Cooperation, the Geuzen Medal 2010 (Geuzenpenning) in the Dutch town Vlaardingen on March 13, 2010, for her efforts to end her country's civil war. Bigombe is renowned as one of the main negotiators in the conflict between the Ugandan government and the Lord?s Resistance Army (LRA). She is also one of the few people to have negotiated with LRA leader Joseph Kony personally. The medal honours people who fight for democracy or against dictatorship, discrimination and racism. AFP PHOTO ANP ROBERT VOS netherlands out - belgium out
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