War Against LRA Looms in Congo

IWPR a year ago Region: Zaire

Government troops look set to take on Ugandan rebels who terrorise and plunder Congolese villagers. By Peter Eichstaedt in Doruma, Democratic Republic of Congo On the morning of Good Friday, March 21, third-grade schoolt... more

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The Kony Problem

IWPR a year ago Region: Uganda

By Peter Eichstaedt Uganda’s notorious rebel militia leader, Joseph Kony, has finally said something that makes sense – he’d rather die fighting than face a national court in Uganda or the International ... more

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Curtains for Kony

IWPR a year ago Region: Uganda

- By Peter Eichstaedt in The Hague (AR No. 167, 14-Apr-08) All dramas have to end. People demand that they do. That could not be more true than with the story of Joseph Kony and his Lord’s Resistance Army in Ug... more

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LRA Prepares for War, not Peace

IWPR a year ago Region: Uganda

 - By Katy Glassborow and Peter Eichstaedt in The Hague, with Emma Mutaizibwa in Kampala (AR No. 168, 24-Apr-08) The feared Ugandan rebel group, the Lord’s Resistance Army, LRA, is building up its military... more

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Peace in Uganda May be Merely an Illusion

IWPR a year ago Region: Uganda

By Peter Eichstaedt, IWPR Africa Editor.    Efforts to broker a lasting peace in Uganda can only be compared with trying to nail jelly to a tree: Try as you might, the effort invariably leaves a mess.  Th... more

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Food Crisis Hits Northern Uganda

IWPR a year ago Region: Uganda

War-scarred region faces new woes as food prices spiral. By Bill Oketch in Lira (AR No. 173, 4-Jun-08) Helen Ocen, a widow from the village of Ajul northwest of Lira in northern Uganda, is no stranger to the daily stru... more

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LRA's Second In Command 'Executed' By Fellow Officers

Can Tran a year ago Region: Uganda

According to an official document show to BBC through anonymous sources say that Vincent Otti who is supposed to be the second in command of the LRA was shot dead on October 2 at the home of Joseph Kony. Joseph Kony is the... more

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Lord's Resistance Army Is Given Ultimatum By Uganda

Can Tran a year ago Region: Uganda

The date where the peace deal must be reached by the Lord’s Resistance Army coincides with the date where the LRA leader Joseph Kony and his fighters leave their jungle hideout located in the Democratic Republic of C... more

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