U.S. announces innovative program to protect people from LRA attacks
Our partners at Resolve published the below article regarding the announcement of the United States’ innovative program to protect people from LRA attacks. As always, well-written & incredibly insightful. On October 3, the U.S. announced the release of up to 15 million dollars to help protect communities being targeted by LRA attacks in southeast Central African Republic (CAR). […]
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 […]
LRA Crisis Tracker: mid-year analysis
The LRA Crisis Tracker, a joint project of Invisible Children and Resolve, just released its Mid-Year Security Brief (PDF). Below we highlight a couple of trends and conclusions that we can see in LRA activity. Resolve’s blog has a full summary of the conclusions. LRA abductions are increasing, but trends indicate they’re mostly abducting people […]
Hillary Clinton to visit Uganda
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton heads to Africa this week and plans to make a stop in Uganda to meet with President Yoweri Museveni. In addition to pressing issues like the breakdown of democracy in Uganda and the turmoil in Somalia, Secretary Clinton also plans to discuss the LRA with the Ugandan President. This […]
KONY 2012 and the United Nations
The UN Security Council is holding a press conference on the Lord’s Resistance Army on Tuesday, June 26 at 3pm EDT, and Invisible Children will be there representing you (watch it live online). 3,729,815 people from countries all over the globe signed this pledge: Joseph Kony is one of the world’s worst war criminals, and I call on […]
The world is responding
So far 3,530,673 people from countries all over the globe have pledged support. The world is responding. Policymakers are starting to take a stand in support of ending LRA violence. In just the last two weeks, two bipartisan resolutions supporting the effort against the LRA have been introduced into the U.S. Congress. Together, the House […]
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 […]
Update on U.S. advisory troops in Central Africa
The 100 U.S. advisory troops are now stationed across 4 countries and are directly involved in operations on the ground
Invisible Children & Resolve release the first LRA Crisis Tracker Annual Security Brief
Invisible Children and Resolve today released our first-ever LRA Crisis Tracker Annual Brief. Here are a few highlights from the report.
LRA Crisis Tracker 2011 Annual Brief
Today marks the official release of the LRA Crisis Tracker 2011 Annual Brief (French version available here). This report analyzes all recorded LRA attacks from 2011, and paints a very concrete picture of how this brutal rebel army has affected communities in Central Africa this past year. Along with our counterparts in DC, Resolve, we launched the LRA Crisis […]