The Resolve LRA Crisis Initiative Closes Its Doors
A message from our CEO, Lisa Dougan: Today is a bittersweet day. Earlier this morning, our friends at The Resolve LRA Crisis Initiative announced that they will be closing their doors today. Please take a moment to read the message below from Resolve’s Director, Paul Ronan. Invisible Children has worked alongside Resolve for the past […]
Repost || The LRA is finally weakening in central Africa. Defection Messages could dismantle it.
Today, as the world watches the trial of former Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) commander, Dominic Ongwen, begin at the International Criminal Court in The Hague, the Washington Post has highlighted an important perspective on how LRA violence that continues in central Africa can be stopped. In an editorial published today, our friends and LRA experts, […]
5 things you should know about Okot Odhiambo
Invisible Children’s regional head of office, Patrick Munduga, and The Resolve’s Director of Policy, Paul Ronan, put together this piece about Okot Odhiambo. It’s been published on the Huffington Post’s blog, but because it’s so great (and for the lazy amongst you), we’re re-posting it below. Here you go: +++ 5 Things You Should Know About Okot Odhiambo Last […]
Loosening Kony’s Grip: Effective Defection Strategies for Today’s LRA
Our partners at The Resolve LRA Crisis Initiative recently released a comprehensive report entitled “Loosening Kony’s Grip: Defection Strategies for Today’s LRA”. The report was written by Phil Lancaster, PhD and Ledio Cakaj and edited by Paul Ronan. As part of their research, they interviewed 22 former Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) combatants and abductees. The […]
This week: Uganda has an opportunity to reinstate the Amnesty Act
In 2000 Uganda’s government passed the Amnesty Act which legislated that LRA members who surrender to the UPDF and return to Uganda will not be prosecuted (with the exception of Kony and his top ICC-indicted commanders). For the rank and file LRA fighter, the promise of amnesty is one of the greatest incentives to try […]
Where has Kony been hiding?
Where has Kony been hiding? The ultimate question. We recently partnered with The Resolve LRA Crisis Initiative and the Enough Project to produce a detailed and lengthy report to try to answer it. Hidden in Plain Sight: Sudan’s Harboring of the LRA in the Kafia Kingi Enclave, 2009-2013 can be viewed in full [HERE] and is summarized […]
Resolve: A look at LRA abduction patterns
An informative, thought-provoking piece on LRA abduction patterns from Paul Ronan at Resolve, one of our DC-based advocacy partners: The LRA has long been associated with child soldiers, and rightfully so – UNICEF estimates that the LRA has abducted at least 35,000 children since 1986. But LRA Crisis Tracker data on abductions […]
The Pulse on the LRA – and Kony 2012 – from South Sudan
Paul Ronan of Resolve (our policy and advocacy partners) is blogging from the region currently affected by LRA activity. He was halfway through a five-week research trip when Kony 2012 launched. Reposted from The Resolve Blog: Yesterday I visited the geographic heart of LRA violence in central Africa, a small town called Ezo where the […]