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Human Security Gateway: All Updates (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Disarmament, Demobilization, and Reintegration (DDR) is a universal and essential part of any post-conflict peacebuilding process. However, when DDR is poorly planned it can undermine programming and work against reintegrating former combatants. Northern Uganda’s reintegration process demonstrates some of the unintended consequences of ad hoc initiatives that lack a coherent strategy. Since 1986...
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Sudan Watch (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
From Sudan Radio Service , 03 November 2009: LRA rebels surrender in Yei (Yei) - More than forty Ugandan rebels of the Lord’s Resistance Army surrendered to authorities in Yei county, Central Equatoria state last week. The Commissioner of Yei county, David Lokonga confirmed that pockets of LRA rebels have been handing themselves in since September this year. [David lokonga 1 -Eng/Arabic]: “Starting...
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Congo Watch (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Report from Sudan Tribune by Richard Ruati Friday 6 November 2009: Leading LRA rebel commander surrenders to Ugandan army November 5, 2009 (KAMPALA) — Lt Col Charles Arop, a leading Ugandan LRA rebels (the Army of the Lord’s Resistance), has decided to surrender himself to the Ugandan army. Arop is responsible for a bloodbath perpetrated on Christmas Day last year in Faradje in the DRC...
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All Africa (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
A senior commander of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) has surrendered to the joint military forces in the Democratic Republic of Congo, according to the Ugandan army.
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All Africa (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
The nine Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) rebels who surrendered to the Congolese army last week in Faraje and Aba will be granted amnesty, the 4th Division army spokesman has said.
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FreeThoughtManifesto (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
Notorious Ugandan Christian Radicals Suspected Of Committing Attacks In Sudan's Darfur. First Published 2009-11-01 Courtesy Of Middle-East-Online KHARTOUM - Uganda's Christian extremist rebel Lord's Resistance Army, the feared abductors of children who have spread fear in east-central Africa, are now rumoured to be heading into new terrain in Sudan's troubled Darfur. A brutal guerrilla group, whose...
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All Africa (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009
THREE Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) rebels, including a 16-year-old fighter and a commissioned officer, have surrendered to the Uganda People's Defence Forces (UPDF).
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All Africa (Free subscription) | 10/22/2009
The top United Nations humanitarian official today witnessed first-hand the challenges faced by internally displaced persons (IDPs) in northern Uganda, some of whom are still in camps more than three years after an end to vicious fighting with the rebel Lord's Resistance Army.
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Uganda Watch (Free subscription) | 10/17/2009
Here is some news of Operation Natural Fire 10, a joint military excercise in northern Uganda involving about 450 U.S. troops, from Peter Eichstaedt's blog 12 October 2009: Boots on the ground By Peter Eichstaedt "... There's an interesting article in The East African, written by Keven Kelley, about the joint military exercise in northern Uganda involving about 450 U.S. troops. According to Kelley's...
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blogTO (Free subscription) | 10/16/2009
Photo: "Toronto - In Colour" by Ian Muttoo , member of the blogTO Flickr Pool . Events on Toronto's Radar for FRIDAY OCTOBER 16, 2009... lovingly handpicked from blogTO's events calendar . MUSIC | Shout Out Out Out Out at Wrongbar A live performance by Shout Out Out Out Out is something to behold. Powered by a rhythm section of two drummers playing along with electronic beats, the Edmonton...
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Truthdig (Free subscription) | 10/15/2009
A recent upsurge in fighting between the Lords Resistance Army and soldiers of the Democratic Republic of the Congo has displaced 40,000 people, adding to the nearly half a million persons already displaced due to the conflict. Relief groups are calling for “urgent aid” to help civilians in the northern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The Guardian: Relief groups should increase...
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Open Democracy (Free subscription) | 10/14/2009
The reports of an upsurge of violence in parts of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) may at a glance appear little more than a continuation of the persistent conflict in the country over much of the last two decades. Yet a closer look reveals not just the particularity of what is happening in one corner of Africa, but the ingredients of a wider arc of endemic conflict across a huge swathe of the...
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All Africa (Free subscription) | 10/12/2009
The war against the Lord's Resistance Army rebels may be over but the fight to ensure social responsibility in Amuru District has just started with the Uganda People's Defence Forces soldiers trying to bridge the gap between primary teachers and pupils.
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The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 10/08/2009
Kampala - The leader of Uganda's Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) rebels, facing heavy pounding from the Congolese and Ugandan armies in the Congo and the Central African Republic CAR, is moving with his fighters to Chad, a Ugandan army official said Thu...
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All Africa (Free subscription) | 10/08/2009
Northern Uganda, the former epicentre of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) conflict, has become home for US Marines and army officers, at least for the next three weeks.
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