LRA Crisis Tracker Report Indicates Kony May Be Rebuilding
This week we released our newest LRA Crisis Tracker report together with our partners at The Resolve LRA Crisis Initiative. The Midyear 2016 Security Brief highlights key trends in the movements and tactics of Joseph Kony and his Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) so far this year. CLICK HERE TO READ THE MIDYEAR 2016 SECURITY BRIEF The […]
Kony’s LRA resurgent as Ugandan military plans withdrawal from central Africa
A project of Invisible Children and The Resolve LRA Crisis Initiative + LRA abducted 344 people in CAR from January–June 2016, highest midyear figure there since 2010 + Kony’s orders led to dozens of child abductions + LRA poaching group returned to DR Congo’s Garamba National Park + 12 women and children released from LRA captivity in June […]
Sister Angélique named winner of prestigious Nansen Refugee Award
As we work tirelessly on our new #zeroLRA campaign to bring home every last abducted child soldier, woman, and fighter, we are happily sidetracked by exciting news. Our dear friend Sister Angélique Namaika has received the 2013 Nansen Refugee Award from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). Since 1954, this prestigious award has been given annually […]
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 […]
Kony’s Ivory: How Elephant Poaching in Congo Helps Support the LRA // IC Citizen
This week, Invisible Children, The Enough Project, and The Resolve LRA Crisis Initiative jointly released a new report highlighting evidence that the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) has been poaching elephants in the Democratic Republic of Congo, under Joseph Kony’s orders, and trafficking ivory as one means to sustain itself and resupply. The multimedia report, entitled Kony’s Ivory: How Elephant […]
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 […]
Getting Back on Track: Implementing the UN Regional Strategy on the LRA
Today, Invisible Children joins ten other central African and international organizations in the release of a new LRA report entitled “Getting Back on Track: Implementing the UN Regional Strategy on the Lord’s Resistance Army.” The report reveals that the United Nations has made very little progress in implementing its international LRA strategy, which was released in […]