Former Ugandan government minister turned peace negotiator Betty Bigombe is to be awarded this year’s Geuzen medal, the Geuzenverzet trust said on Wednesday.

The award, made since 1987, goes to an individual or organisation which works to promote democracy and opposes dictatorship, discrimination and racism.
The foundations says Bigombe has been at the forefront of the peace negotiations in the northern Ugandan conflict.
‘She has tirelessly played the role of peace advocate and advisor to the warring factions, and been a voice to international community for the people of Northern Uganda in a conflict that has lasted over 20 years, caused death to thousands of people, seen over 80,000 children abducted and turned into child soldiers and displaced about 1.7 million people,’ the trust said in a statement.