Lord’s Resistance Army: Thriving in Eastern Congo
A series of LRA attacks in the Dungu region of the Democratic Republic of Congo this month force us to question the view that the brutal Lord’s Resistance Army is struggling to survive ...
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Field Dispatch: A Civil Servant’s Close Encounter with the LRA
“I myself was kidnapped by the LRA,” Joseph Bikwalubi Musafiri told me. “My story is especially interesting because it is about a government authority kidnapped by the LRA.” ...
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Field Dispatch: South Kivu – No Peace in Sight
The view from the ground in South Kivu, eastern Congo, reveals a deeply insecure environment as a result of the military offensive Kimia II ...
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Field Dispatch From Eastern Congo
The commanders of the military offensive here in South Kivu are quick to provide detailed figures on the number of rebels they have killed or caused to surrender. But these numbers provide little comfort to communities paying the price for the poorly organized operations ...
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Field Dispatch: Rampant Insecurity in South Kivu
There are now two major sources of insecurity in South Kivu: reprisal attacks by the FDLR seeking to punish civilian populations for ‘supporting’ the government offensive, and a wider climate of abuses and atrocities committed by the Congolese army, local militias with shifting loyalties, and other bandits and armed groups ...
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