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This Sunday is all about moms. But for mothers, every day is about their children. Around the world, moms everywhere are working hard to make the world brighter for their children. In central Africa, mothers are facing some of the toughest circumstances imaginable. In the face of unpredictable violence and poverty, Central African mothers are […]

Joseph Kony and other top Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) commanders are notoriously reclusive, making is difficult to understand the group’s overall strategy or plans for the future. The most credible sources of insight into the LRA’s inner workings have been the testimonies of individuals returning from LRA captivity. Over the last few years, we have […]

Last month, the International Center for Transitional Justice (ICTJ) released I Am 100% Central African, a research report that has helped shed light on the experiences of Central African refugees living in Chad and Cameroon. This report synthesizes the research of Enrica Picco, who spent five weeks in 2017 interviewing displaced persons from the Central […]

At Invisible Children, we don’t typically think of ourselves as cartographers. But, in reality, something called “Community Mapping” is a huge part of what we do. In the same way that almost all of us rely on Google Maps to get us where we’re headed, our Invisible Children teams and the local leaders we work […]

One of just three remaining northern white rhinos and the last male of its kind, died last week, marking a sad milestone in the history of the subspecies. For decades, rhinos has been severely threatened by poachers, who seek the animal’s signature horn for the high price it delivers on black markets around the world. As a […]

Last month, we released our LRA Crisis Tracker 2017 Annual Brief, which highlights trends in violence in central Africa’s Mbomou Uele border region. For several years, Joseph Kony’s Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) has roamed this region, which spans the border of eastern Central African Republic (CAR) and northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). In 2017, […]

Pour lire la version française de ce rapport, cliquez ici. There were at least 22 attacks on civilians in the Mbomou Uele border region in January 2018, in which at least five civilians were killed and 26 others abducted. In February, there were 30 attacks, killing at least 15 civilians and abducting 25 others. One of the most significant changes in January–February 2018 […]

“I chose to be a humanitarian to help my human brothers and sisters who are victims of war or any other catastrophe to regain their human dignity. I do this in the name of human solidarity, in my own community and everywhere else where men, women, or children are subject to suffering.” – Ferdinand Zangapayda, […]

Pour lire la version française de ce rapport, cliquez ici. Overall levels of violence in the Mbomou-Uele border region* continued to decline in November compared to previous months, in part because the LRA committed fewer attacks (two) and abductions (zero) than it has in any month since at least June 2008. However, intercommunal conflict in Haut […]

In times of crisis, heroes rise up and lead their communities toward peace and justice. Throughout our 12 years working in some of the most remote and dangerous communities in central Africa, we’ve met some of the world’s greatest heroes. We’re partnering with those local heroes to build a safer more peaceful future for thousands […]