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Vanished in Uganda

Duncan Laki's father disappeared under dictator Idi Amin's brutal reign. In this excerpt, the terror comes to an end, but there is no justice until decades later.

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Eliphaz Laki wasn’t coming home. Duncan knew it. Everybody knew it. But hope was an obstinate emotion. It dug into Duncan like a tick, feeding off the doubts his rational mind couldn’t quite extinguish.

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