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++ UPDATE 5/6/14: Watch a recording of the hearing here ++ Today at 10am ET, the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on African Affairs will hold a hearing about the ongoing crisis in the Central African Republic (CAR). The aim of the hearing is to keep the CAR crisis on the radar of the U.S. Government and to better identify how […]

The regional dry season in central Africa has historically seen spikes in LRA activity during which the rebel group becomes desperate for food and resorts to more frequent and aggressive looting of communities. Over the last week, groups of LRA in CAR and DRC carried out significant raids on civilians. The incidents: April 25th: At […]

Earlier this month six Ugandans escaped the LRA and returned home to Uganda, including two male combatants, three children and their brave mother. This is their story.   Tabu Simon was abducted from his home in Kitgum, Uganda in 1998 at the age of 13 after the LRA killed his father. He has spent the last […]

The UPDF (the Ugandan military) just issued a press release reporting that after making contact with LRA forces in the Central African Republic (CAR) yesterday, they were able to capture LRA commander, Lt. Charles Okello. This UPDF contingent of the AU-RTF (African Union Regional Task Force) was also able to rescue 10 LRA captives, including […]

Last fall we shared a bit about a workshop that was taking place at Invisible Children’s regional office in Kampala, Uganda planning the development of Community Defection Committees throughout the LRA-affected regions in central Africa. Well, since then big things have happened… We’re excited to announce that this most recent Invisible Children program is now successfully […]

The following article is reblogged from Paul Ronan and our partners at The Resolve. Since its founding in 2007, The Resolve LRA Crisis Initiative has worked to end violent atrocities perpetrated  by the Lord’s Resistance Army, or LRA, and support the sustainable recovery of communities in Africa affected by LRA abuses. — Yesterday the UN Security Council passed a […]

Invisible Children is one in a coalition of NGOs that have been urging for stronger United States’ engagement in addressing the crisis in the Central African Republic (CAR). This week, we need your help in encouraging our policymakers to take action. U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power is traveling to Rwanda to commemorate the […]

Invisible Children Uganda welcomed Luis Moreno Ocampo, the former chief prosector of the International Criminal Court (ICC), to northern Uganda at the end of March. Ocampo, who led the indictment of Joseph Kony and his top commanders for war crimes, shared his support for helping communities heal from the trauma the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) […]

Late Sunday night, the Obama Administration announced its plans to deploy V-22 Osprey military aircraft to support efforts by the African Union (AU) to end the violence of the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) and protect civilians in central Africa. The announcement serves as a significant and very encouraging indicator of the Administration’s commitment to help […]

Hand-painted signs like this one are located at each of the 32 boreholes drilled with the help of Invisible Children’s Water, Sanitation and Hygiene program in northern Uganda. The images depict responsible water usage and explain how to maintain the cleanliness of the water point. Water User Committees (WUC) identified by Invisible Children are made […]