Lord's Resistance Army. The Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), also known as the Lord's Resistance Movement, is a militant movement, which is described by some as a new religious movement or a cult which operated in northern Uganda and South Sudan.
Since 2005 there have been claims that the group has entered the Democratic Republic of Congo, but in 2007 it was reported that they were in Central African Republic.[6] The LRA has been accused of widespread human rights violations, including murder, abduction, mutilation, child-sex slavery, and forcing children to participate in hostilities.[7][8] The LRA was initially formed to resist the Uganda People's Defence Force (UPDF), called the National Resistance Army (NRA) before it took control of the country. The NRA/UPDF has been accused of widespread murder, rape, and pillage.[9][10] The Ugandan army also recruited child soldiers. Mapping_Evil_Final.pdf (application/pdf Object) U.S. to Go After Kony and the LRA. In a short statement on Friday, the State Department announced that the U.S. is sending 132 advisors to Uganda to help capture elusive rebel leader Joseph Kony and end the terrorism of his Lord’s Resistance Army.
Kony has led the LRA for nearly 25 years. He and his lieutenants have been under an arrest warrant from the International Criminal Court since 2005. It’s not the first time we or other nations have gone after Kony. Ugandan forces chased Kony around Acholiland for a generation. In 2009, the U.S. supported a joint Ugandan-Congolese military operation against Kony with cash and technology. Obama Takes on the LRA.