1. “ Where you live should not determine if you live”
~Invisible Children~

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Executive Summary:
Lord’s Resistance Army in Uganda

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Betty Bigombe stated the first time she met Kony,
his followers used oil to ward off bullets and evil
spirits.

4. Takes trips to Ato Hills in Uganda to ascend He believes in literal protection
to the highest hills and lies in the hot sun for provided by a cross symbol .
days.
Most of his child soldiers wear
crosses
on their chests drawn in oil.

5. ived
not perce NRA.
e UH SA. Was at by the
ally th t hr e
Origin as a
1987 1988
Kony formed a LRA became a major player in
resistance group called the Ugandan affairs:
Lord’s Resistance Army. (an agreement between the NRA and
UPDA.)
UPDA left some members unsatisfied and LRA has been at civil war against the
many joined the UHSA as a form of rebellion. Ugandan government.

6. Claims to be establishing a theocratic state based on the Ten Commandments and local Acholi tradition.
Group is a mix of
Mysticism
Acholi nationalism
Christian fundamentalism

7. Ordered the abduction of children to become child-sex
slaves and child soldiers.
Estimated 66,000 children became soldiers and
2 million people have been internally displaced since 1986.
Indicted for war crimes and crimes against humanity
by the ICC in the Hague, Netherlands in 2005.
He has evaded capture.
Commander Raska Lukwiya
Commander Okot Odhiambo
Commander Dominic Ongwen
Warrants Out for Kony’s Officials:
Deputy Vincent Ongwen
2 of these 5 involved with the LRA have been killed.

8. •Accused of 33 different charges including:
•murder
•enslavement
•sexual enslavement
•pillaging
•attacks against civilians
•multiple counts for some charges
Night Commuters
Children sleep in town where they are
protected, otherwise they could be
kidnapped by the LRA.

9. Africa has been unstable due to
decolonization.
Prts of A
a frica
The Lord’s Resistance Army currently operates
in:
Uganda
Democratic Republic in Congo
Parts of Sudan
Central African Republic
Warlords have been vying for power.

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11. Topped the charts of some of the biggest videos.

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104,000
How many children have
been abducted since 1986.
Must kill their own family. With this
done, they have no where else to
go.

13. http://www.kony2012.com
http://www.lracrisistracker.com/
“It becomes our duty as humans to spread awareness of inhumane conditions in
the world, anywhere.”
-Unknown-

14.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Kony
 http://www.kony2012.com/
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kony_2012
 http://www.nndb.com/people/398/000022332/