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Author: Ledio Cakaj

Field Dispatch: Ferocious LRA Attacks in Northeast Congo

Field Dispatch: Ferocious LRA Attacks in Northeast Congo
In a trip to Democratic Republic of the Congo in December 2009, Enough researchers found abundant evidence of brutal ongoing violence committed by the Lord’s Resistance Army, or LRA. This is the first of two dispatches based upon my visit to Haut Uele ...

Civilians Still Suffering in Faradje, Site of 2008 Christmas Massacres

Civilians Still Suffering in Faradje, Site of 2008 Christmas Massacres
Almost a year after the brutal attacks of Christmas 2008, the people of Faradje in northeastern Congo are trying to cope with the terror perpetrated by the Lord’s Resistance Army ...

The Lord’s Resistance Army and the Threat Against Civilians in Southern Sudan

The Lord’s Resistance Army and the Threat Against Civilians in Southern Sudan
The cross-border nature of the Lord’s Resistance Army, or LRA—currently active in northeastern Congo, the Central African Republic, and southern Sudan—is a clear threat to international peace and security ...

Comboni Nuns Give Hope To LRA Victims

Sister Giovanna is angry. “Why are they doing these things, killing and raping?” she asks, referring to rebels of the Lord’s Resistance Army, who have recently been wreaking havoc in South Sudan ...

Accountability V. Amnesty: The Case of Charles Arop

Accountability V. Amnesty: The Case of Charles Arop
Last week, the Ugandan army confirmed that Charles Arop, the director of operations for the Lord’s Resistance Army, had surrendered. Now, questions abound about Arop’s fate ...

The LRA: Reorganized and Re-supplied?

The LRA: Reorganized and Re-supplied?
Recent Lord’s Resistance Army attacks display worrying signs of a more organized, larger, and better-armed rebel force. These developments raise questions about the LRA’s ability to rearm and secure supplies ...

Field Dispatch: The LRA – Reorganized and re-supplied?

Field Dispatch: The LRA - Reorganized and re-supplied?
Recent Lord’s Resistance Army attacks display worrying signs of a more organized, larger, and better-armed rebel force. These developments raise questions about the LRA’s ability to rearm and secure supplies ...

Fresh Attacks in South Sudan Raise Fears of Resurgent LRA

South Sudan
Fresh Attacks in South Sudan Raise Fears of Resurgent LRA
Recent accounts of the latest Lord’s Resistance Army attacks in South Sudan suggest that the rebel group has grown in numbers and is in possession of new and ample ammunition ...

LRA Attacks Devastate Sudanese Communities

LRA Attacks Devastate Sudanese Communities
“Tell them about our suffering here,” said the Bishop of Yambio of the Sudanese Episcopal Church. “The LRA is killing, raping and looting in our communities and the world does not know about it,” he added ...

Field Dispatch: Ex-LRA fighters paint a bleak picture of Congo

Field Dispatch: Ex-LRA fighters paint a bleak picture of Congo
At least 31 former LRA fighters returned to Uganda in the month of September, after surrendering to Ugandan army forcers operating in Congo. This number, while still modest, represents a major increase from the past six months, when on average only a handful of LRA rebels returned each month. According to Ugandan army officials, this increase is a direct result of sustained military pressure by the Ugandan army ...