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The Ugandan government and a British forest products company have forcibly expelled 20,000 Ugandans from their homes and land, Oxfam says

by Josh Kron

More than 20,000 were expelled from their homes, Oxfam says. Photo: Swen Torfinn/New York Times

KICUCULA, Uganda — According to the company’s proposal to join a United Nations clean-air program, the settlers living in this area left in a “peaceful” and “voluntary” manner.

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