The 5 times Joseph Kony was almost captured
Sign up to fundraise for programs that dismantle Joseph Kony’s army from within Over the past two weeks, two high-profile articles have come out revolving around counter-LRA operations in central and East Africa. The New Yorker’s “How a Texas Philanthropist Helped Fund the Hunt for Joseph Kony” and The Washington Post’s “Kony 2013: U.S. quietly […]
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 […]
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 […]
Five former LRA escape to Mboki
Many people who are currently in the LRA were abducted as children and based on information from members who have escaped, are constantly expressing a strong desire to leave. There are three major obstacles for LRA defectors who want to escape: 1) Fear of being killed during their escape or by the community when they […]
Witness: the stories behind the story
The art of storytelling (aka journalism/media), whether it’s told through print, photography, film, or any other medium, has the chance to capture history, propel ideas, highlight innovation, and bring facts into the limelight. Sometimes the story behind the story is the first to hit the cutting room floor, but then there are times when those […]
A visit to Kony’s former home
Australian missionary Christopher White wrote a blog post for Operation Broken Silence about his travels in South Sudan and impromptu visit to the former home of Joseph Kony. Kony occupied the residence for most of the 15 years leading up to the Comprehensive Peace Agreement between Sudan and what is now South Sudan in 2005. Below is an […]
South Sudan celebrates first independence day
When South Sudan declared independence last year, the world rejoiced. The small, newly-formed and oil-rich nation had been plagued by civil war with the north for over twenty years. During that time, an estimated two million people had been killed. And now, even though independence is theirs, South Sudan is still facing loads of other […]
The crisis between Sudan and South Sudan
Sudan and South Sudan have had a tumultuous and bloody history. Too long and too bloody to recount properly here. A ceasefire took effect in 2005 and there was a tenuous peace until a referendum made South Sudan into an independent state in July 2011. But the violence has been on the rise since then. […]
BBC: “Joseph Kony victims back online campaign”
The author of this BBC article interviews people from South Sudan and DR Congo who are living in refugee camps because of LRA violence. This perspective has been largely missing from the global conversation about stopping Joseph Kony and the Lord’s Resistance Army. The first-hand accounts make it clearer than ever that LRA violence must be stopped […]
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 […]