LRA

Uganda: UPDF Kills Another LRA Commander

All Africa (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009

UGANDAN special forces have killed a senior commander of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) in the Central African Republic, the army spokesman said yesterday.

Kony Rebels Surrender in Congo

All Africa (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009

Nine former rebels of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) last week surrendered to the Congolese army, bringing the total number of defectors in the last five months to 51.

Nine LRA Fighters Surrender

All Africa (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009

Nine former fighters of the Lord's Resistance Army who recently escaped from captivity in the Democratic Republic of Congo, have returned to Gulu, northern Uganda.

America Moves to Make Life Harder for Kony Rebels

All Africa (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009

The Ugandan army yesterday said it had killed yet another commander of the Lord's Resistance Army in the Central African Republic even as US lawmakers moved closer to passing a law to enable the White House directly get involved in anti-LRA efforts.

Historic LRA/Uganda Legislation Takes Crucial Step Forward in U.S. Senate

All Africa (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009

Today, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted unanimously to approve the LRA Disarmament and Northern Uganda Recovery Act of 2009, bringing the legislation a step closer to reaching President Obama's desk. The bill is now eligible to be voted on by the full United States Senate, and has already picked up the support from a bipartisan set of 29 cosponsors.

Congo-Kinshasa: Calls for LRA to Face Charges

All Africa (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009

Human rights activists are calling on the International Criminal Court, ICC, to charge the Lord's Resistance Army leaders with a series of brutal crimes they are accused of perpetrating in the Democratic Republic of Congo, DRC.

• DR Congo: Calls for LRA to face Congo charges - Congo Watch

Uganda: Domestic Violence Worries Activists

All Africa (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009

With northern Uganda at relative peace following years of war wreaked by Joseph Kony's Lord's Resistance Army, LRA, activists are now worried about rising outbreaks of domestic violence.

A Book on the Lord’s Resistance Army

Noli Irritare Leones (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009

I haven’t read this one, but it looks as if it may be interesting: First Kill Your Family: Child Soldiers of Uganda and the Lord’s Resistance Army. While I’m at it, here’s a Federation of American Scientists description of the LRA and a Security Council press statement condemning recent attacks that the group has carried out [...]

UN Security Council urges Uganda's LRA rebels to surrender

People Daily (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009

The UN Security Council on Tuesday strongly condemned the increasingly recent attacks by the Lord Resistance Army (LRA) rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Central African Republic and Sudan, which continue to brutalize civilians, and called on the armed rebel group to surrender. In a statement read out by Tomas Mayr-Harting of Austria, who holds the rotating Council presidency for November,...

• UN Security Council condemns rebel attacks in Africa's Great Lakes - The Earth Times Online Newspaper

Uganda: UN to Help Protect Civilians From LRA Rebels

All Africa (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009

The Security Council today called on United Nations missions in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Central African Republic (CAR) and Sudan to coordinate strategies to protect civilians from the rebel Ugandan Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), which has killed, kidnapped and displaced thousands of people.

Senate Foreign Relations Committee Passes Bill To End Violence In Northern Uganda

Causecast - Latest News (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009

by TAMMY ROSECRANS , Causecast Editor The Lord's Resistance Army, led by Joseph Kony, has been terrorizing central Africa for over two decades. For some time this violence went largely unnoticed by the global community. Some even called the crisis the "biggest neglected humanitarian emergency in the world..." That time is soon to be apart of the past. Today a remarkable step has been made...

Mother Asks LRA Leader Joseph Kony To Make Peace

Causecast - Latest News (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009

by PHILIP ROSS , Causecast Editor Could the dying wish of a close relative be enough to soften the temper of an entire rebel army? That’s the hope of the people of Uganda. On her deathbed, the mother, Anek, of LRA leader Joseph Kony, made one final plea to her son: make peace. Heralded by the rebel army as a spiritual leader, abhorred by the rest of us for his atrocious acts of violence and exploitation...

Sudan: LRA raids in the South, civilians killed

Relief Web (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009

Date: 16 Nov 2009 Source: Missionary International Service News Agency

Moments before dying, LRA leader's mother said: "Tell Joseph Kony to make peace"

Uganda Watch (Free subscription) | 14/11/2009

Commentary by Peter Eichstaedt from his blog post - The good, the bad, the ugly - Saturday, November 14, 2009. Excerpts: This past week, Norah Anek, the 86-year-old mother of Joseph Kony, the leader of the militia-cult Lord's Resistance Army, passed away. She was buried not far from where she gave birth to Kony in the town of Adek, about an hour's drive southeast of Gulu in northern Uganda. According...

Life and times of Gen. James Kazini

New Vision (Free subscription) | 13/11/2009

JAMES Bananukye Kazini was born in 1957. He is a Musongora from Kasese, although his parents migrated to Ssanga in Kiruhura district, where he was buried yesterday.