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Wednesday, 01 July 2009 01:21 |
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The response of religious leaders in Northern Uganda to recent US legislation currently under review in the US Congress which calls for military action against the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) in Congo. The bill was drafted by former champions of Northern Uganda: Senators Sam Brownback and Russ Feingold. The two senators have reversed positions and begun to advocate for a military solution to the war.
At the onset of the ongoing mission against the LRA ("Operation Lightning Thunder") leaders from Northern Uganda who spoke out against the military attacks were threatened with arrest.
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Wednesday, 01 July 2009 00:34 |
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In 2006, the Ugandan government announced that all people living in internally displaced persons camps should vacate the camps by December 31, 2006. Without provisions for their well-being in place, most people faced a difficult transition.
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Tuesday, 23 June 2009 00:00 |
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When Uganda last launched such an attack, with U.S. support under George W. Bush, in December 2008, it failed to capture the LRA leader Joseph Kony or neutralize his forces. Instead, it provoked reported LRA retaliatory attacks against civilians in Congo's Garamba province.
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Tuesday, 09 June 2009 21:08 |
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Tuesday, 9th June, 2009 | BY RAYMOND BAGUMA IN PARIS
THE French government will not support further dialogue between the LRA and the Ugandan Government and is ready to support a military offensive against the rebels.
The pronouncement comes after a Bill, calling on US President Barack Obama to support Uganda fight the LRA, was presented in the US Senate last month. The Bill, if passed, could lead to the launch of a second joint military offensive against the LRA.
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Tuesday, 30 June 2009 23:22 |
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A few weeks ago, a new piece of legislation was introduced in the U.S. Congress, calling for development and justice in northern Uganda.
While the bill boasts many excellent provisions, it also includes a statement of policy that would allow AFRICOM to pursue the Lord's Resistance Army in DR Congo.
This is a potentially disastrous move for civilians in DR Congo.
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Tuesday, 09 June 2009 21:12 |
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The organization Enough! claims its mission is to "end genocide and crimes against humanity" and yet in one of the most perverted foreign policy initiatives ever it's calling for the U.S. to invade Central Africa in pursuit of Joseph Kony, leader of the vicious Lord's Resistance Army.
At the same time, Enough! would have the U.S. military align itself with the army of Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni, who is possibly an unindicted war criminal who is actually being investigated by the International Criminal Court (ICC) at the Hague for alleged war crimes committed in the DR Congo; the revelation was in a 2006 front-page report in The Wall Street Journal.
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Tuesday, 12 May 2009 00:00 |
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A month ago was first day of April, often called April Fool’s Day, when people so inclined play practical jokes – one would hope mostly innocent ones.
But something that may not be intended as a joke, and is certainly not innocent, is another lamentable milestone in the history of the government’s current showpiece initiative to assist the recovery of war-affected northern Uganda: the Peace, Recovery and Development Plan (PRDP).
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