A message of gratitude from Resolve
Today, after nearly 12 years of working towards the end of the LRA conflict, The Resolve LRA Crisis Initiative will be permanently closing down. Earlier today I posted a detailed explanation of why...
View ArticleThe closing of The Resolve LRA Crisis Initiative and what’s next
This week The Resolve LRA Crisis Initiative is closing its doors. This post is a reflection on our work over the past 12 years and an explanation of why we made the decision to shut down. It also...
View ArticleDominic Ongwen’s Domino Effect: A Fractured LRA Targets Civilians in CAR
This week the trial of former LRA commander Dominic Ongwen resumes at the International Criminal Court (ICC). The trial of Ongwen, a former child soldier now being charged with 70 counts of war crimes...
View ArticleCounter-LRA operations suspended
Tuesday, we posted about how political upheaval in the Central African Republic (CAR) may threaten regional efforts to end LRA atrocities. Today, we received worrying news: it appears Uganda and the US...
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From the Crisis Tracker: Good news on defections, but LRA still abducted 517...
via Speaker Deck Today we released the 2012 LRA Crisis Tracker Annual Security Brief. The brief analyzes trends and patterns in LRA activity from January – December 2012 and compares LRA activity...
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Crisis Tracker: Reported attacks and abductions by LRA rebels double over...
via Speaker Deck Today we released the 2012 LRA Crisis Tracker Mid-Year Security Brief, which analyzes trends and patterns in LRA activity from January – June 2012. You can download a pdf of the...
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Kony 2012 Resolution passes the Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Last week, while Resolve was busy hosting the delegation in Washington, DC, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee was busy passing the Kony 2012 Resolution. The legislation that was introduced by...
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Kony 2012 activists move Congress to increase funds for LRA-affected communities
This week, we received some big news as the committees in Congress that set America’s foreign aid budget released their proposals for 2013. Thanks to the committed activism of young people across the...
View ArticleTracking Kony across central Africa
Nine years ago this month the International Criminal Court publicly released indictments for Joseph Kony and four other LRA officers, charging them with war crimes and crimes against humanity. Since...
View ArticleThe Kony Crossroads: Can the LRA outlast Obama’s presidency?
Nearly seven years after President Obama was elected, and five years after he signed the landmark LRA Disarmament and Northern Uganda Recovery Act, the LRA is a shadow of the rebel force it was at the...
View ArticleCounter-LRA operations suspended
Tuesday, we posted about how political upheaval in the Central African Republic (CAR) may threaten regional efforts to end LRA atrocities. Today, we received worrying news: it appears Uganda and the US...
View ArticleCould one of Kony’s abductees trigger his downfall?
Last week news broke that US military forces in eastern Central African Republic had taken custody of senior LRA commander Dominic Ongwen, one of five LRA commanders indicted by the International...
View ArticleKony to LRA: Bring me ivory, gold, and diamonds
Kony ordered LRA elephant poaching mission to DRC’s Garamba National Park LRA fighters collecting gold and diamonds in eastern Central African Republic Illicit ivory, gold, and diamonds reportedly...
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Crisis Tracker: Is Kony using the chaos in CAR as a lifeline?
For the past several weeks I’ve been spent countless hours staring at my computer screen, analyzing patterns in LRA activity for our new 2013 LRA Crisis Tracker Annual Security Brief. At some point,...
View ArticleKony may not be surrendering, but opportunity still knocks
Yesterday I wrote about the backstory on Kony’s “surrender talks” and why claims by Central African authorities that Kony has told them he’s interested in surrendering most likely aren’t true (of...
View Article98 Members of Congress urge Obama to stay the course
In a strong show of support for US efforts to help protect civilians from LRA atrocities, 75 Representatives and 23 Senators signed a pair of bipartisan letters sent to President Obama today urging him...
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New report: How to dismantle the LRA from the bottom-up
We’ve long argued that Joseph Kony’s leadership is central to the LRA’s survival, and that a solution to the LRA’s atrocity crimes is nearly inconceivable without dealing with him. While that still...
View ArticleWhy #ZeroLRA
Our partners at Invisible Children launched the #ZeroLRA campaign this week, and we’ve been helping them make sure it gains traction with policymakers in Washington. The goal is to ensure that US...
View Article5 questions on Kony and poaching
Today we partnered with the Enough Project and Invisible Children to release Kony’s Ivory: How Elephant Poaching in Congo Helps Support the Lord’s Resistance Army. Jonathan Hutson and Kasper Agger at...
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Crisis Tracker quarterly update: LRA releases 28 captives
Today we released the LRA Crisis Tracker January – March 2013 Quarterly Security Brief, which analyzes patterns in LRA activity in the first three months of the year. Key trends in LRA activity,...
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