Lord's Resistance Army - Wikipedia
The Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) is a Christian extremist organization operating in Central Africa and East Africa. Its origins were in the Ugandan insurgency (1986–1994) against President Yoweri Museveni, during which Joseph Rao Kony founded the LRA in 1987.
Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) | Britannica
Sep 30, 2024 · Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), militant group led by Joseph Kony that has waged a war of attrition against the government and peoples of Uganda and nearby countries since the late 1980s. Unlike most antistate terrorists, the LRA has been largely devoid of any national vision or unifying social.
Joseph Kony - Wikipedia
Joseph Rao Kony (born c. 1961) is a Ugandan militant and warlord who founded the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), designated as a terrorist group by the United Nations Peacekeepers, the European Union, and various other governments including the United Kingdom and United States of America. An Acholi, Kony served as an altar boy in his childhood.
Joseph Kony and the Lord’s Resistance Army | Oxford Research ...
Joseph Kony’s Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) emerged in northern Uganda when Alice Lakwena’s Holy Spirit Movement was also active (see entry for Lakwena, Alice). The groups had much in common, including spirit possession by their leaders.
National Counterterrorism Center | Groups - DNI
LORD'S RESISTANCE ARMY (LRA) BACKGROUND. The Lord’s Resistance Army is a Ugandan rebel group currently operating in the border region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the Central African Republic (CAR), and South Sudan.
LRA rebel commander found guilty of war crimes in Uganda
Aug 13, 2024 · A child soldier-turned-rebel commander in the notorious Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) has been convicted of war crimes and crimes against humanity in a landmark case in Uganda. Thomas Kwoyelo...
Lord's Resistance Army insurgency - Wikipedia
The Lord's Resistance Army insurgency is a conflict involving the Lord's Resistance Army against the government of Uganda. Following the Ugandan Civil War, militant Joseph Kony formed the Lord's Resistance Army and launched an insurgency against the …
Joseph Kony - Lord's Resistance Army - Human Rights Watch
Mar 28, 2010 · The Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) is a Ugandan rebel group that has abducted, mutilated, and killed thousands of civilians in northern Uganda and across the region. The LRA has long...
Who is Thomas Kwoyelo, Ugandan LRA rebel commander guilty …
Aug 13, 2024 · A court in Uganda found Thomas Kwoyelo, a former commander of the rebel group, Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), guilty on multiple counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity on Tuesday,...
Lord's Resistance Army - African Studies - Oxford Bibliographies
Sep 30, 2013 · Since 1987, the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), a violent rebel group headed by Joseph Kony, has been terrorizing the population of northern Uganda and the neighboring countries of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Central African Republic (CAR), and Southern Sudan.