Monthly Security Brief | January-February 2018
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 […]
Reblog // More than 60 Nigerian girls escape Boko Haram captors
A few months ago, the rebel group Boko Haram abducted more than 200 school girls in Nigeria, and the world reacted in outrage through #BringBackOurGirls. We have been following this situation closely because (a) it’s heartbreaking and (b) because there have been a lot of parallels between Boko Haram and the Lord’s Resistance Army. This week, we’ve picked up some […]
Stories of the missing // Ocora Geoffrey #zeroLRA
Abductions by Joseph Kony’s rebel army have contributed to thousands of missing children throughout East and central Africa. This is a story of one still missing. Ocora Geoffrey was abducted by the Lord’s Resistance Army in June of 1993. He was 15 years old, studying at a secondary school in Atanga. His older brother, Ocaya […]
LRA attacks on the rise in Central Africa
According to multiple articles, including Invisible Children & Resolve’s own LRA Crisis Tracker, the LRA has been ramping up attacks and abductions within the past few months. The UN News Centre, the Voice of America, and humanitarian news site AlertNet have all reported a rise of LRA activity since January both in the Democratic Republic of […]