Tag Archives: LRA

By David Alton In 1960, the year in which the Congo became independent, I was a boy attending the local parish primary school. The good Sisters of Mercy who taught me had links with the Congo and the entire class had been enlisted to raise money to support Congolese children, …

By Barrack Obama Today, May 24, I signed into law the Lord’s Resistance Army Disarmament and Northern Uganda Recovery Act of 2009.  The legislation crystallises the commitment of the United States to help bring an end to the brutality and destruction that have been a hallmark of the LRA across …

By Julia Spiegel & Noel Atama In the months since the armies of Uganda, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and South Sudan launched Operation Lightning Thunder, a joint military offensive against the Lord’s Resistance Army, or LRA, the threat to civilians in the region has dramatically intensified. Efforts to negotiate …

By Julia Spiegel & Noel Atama In the months since the armies of Uganda, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and South Sudan launched Operation Lightning Thunder, a joint military offensive against the Lord’s Resistance Army, or LRA, the threat to civilians in the region has dramatically intensified. Efforts to negotiate …

SUBJ: UPDATE- LRA ATTACK ON NISITU SPAF POSITIONS. Ref summary attached The following is an update on the yesterday’s attacks:- The attacks were in Nisistu and -Mile 30-detts of SPAF. In Nisitu 22 soldiers were KIA (killed in Action) including Maj. and a Lt. 35 Cas registered. In €œMile 30€ …