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Author: Kasper Agger and Sasha Lezhnev

The Hill Op-ed: Kony’s army now also killing elephants

The Hill Op-ed: Kony's army now also killing elephants
Kony is spreading his killing fields to elephants. In a bid to raise revenues from the lucrative, illicit regional ivory trade, Kony and his troops now target elephants, particularly those in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s Garamba National Park, a U.N. World Heritage Site and one of the oldest, most diverse parks in Africa ...

Policy Alert: U.S. and A.U. Diplomacy Needed to Halt Kony’s New Chance to Regroup

Policy Alert: U.S. and A.U. Diplomacy Needed to Halt Kony's New Chance to Regroup
Joseph Kony has a window to regroup the Lord’s Resistance Army in the Central African Republic, which risks reversing gains made in dismantling the rebellion ...

Policy Alert: Uganda Reinstates Key Tool to Boost Defections from the Lord’s Resistance Army

Policy Alert: Uganda Reinstates Key Tool to Boost Defections from the Lord's Resistance Army
In an unexpected move late last week, the Ugandan government reinstated a critical tool for combating the Lord’s Resistance Army, or LRA: amnesty for members of the LRA not indicted by the International Criminal Court, or ICC ...