Lord's Resistance Army
Christian terrorist multinational organization
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| 2024 | LRA officer Thomas Kwoyelo was tried in Uganda and sentenced to 40 years in prison for crimes including rape, murder, kidnapping, and enslavement of civilians. |
| February 2021 | The ICC found Dominic Ongwen guilty of 61 crimes, including war crimes, crimes against humanity, and forced marriage. |
| March 12 2020 | Conclusion of Dominic Ongwen's trial at the ICC, with 4,095 victims granted the right to participate. |
| January 2015 | Dominic Ongwen was reported to have defected or been captured by Ugandan forces. |
| January 26 2015 | Dominic Ongwen made his first appearance before the ICC. |
| 2013 | Ugandan forces, alerted by U.S. troops, killed LRA chief planner Colonel Samuel Kangul. |
| 2012 | Scholar Mahmood Mamdani provides critical analysis of the LRA conflict, arguing that the ongoing violence stems from civilian distrust of both the LRA and government forces, and advocating for a political solution rather than military escalation. |
| September 18 2012 | The African Union launched an initiative in Nzara, South Sudan, to coordinate efforts against the LRA involving Uganda, South Sudan, DR Congo, and the Central African Republic. |
| March 2012 | UN envoy Abou Moussa reported the LRA had dwindled to between 200-700 followers, while still remaining a potential threat to the region. |
| March 2012 | Uganda announced it would lead a new four-nation African Union military force of 5,000 troops to hunt down Joseph Kony and the LRA remnants. |
| 2011 | Unofficial estimates reduced the LRA's strength to 300-400 combatants, with more than half believed to be abductees. |
| October 14 2011 | President Obama ordered the deployment of 100 U.S. military advisors to train, assist, and provide intelligence against the LRA, at a cost of approximately $4.5 million per month. The advisors were from the Army Special Forces and were authorized to use force only in self-defense. |
| July 2011 | South Sudan seceded from Sudan, cutting the LRA off from its former allies in Khartoum. |
| November 24 2010 | President Barack Obama delivered a strategy document to Congress requesting funding to disarm Kony and the LRA. |
| May 13 2010 | The Lord's Resistance Army Disarmament and Northern Uganda Recovery Act passed unanimously in the House of Representatives, with 202 representatives as cosponsors. |
| March 11 2010 | The Lord's Resistance Army Disarmament and Northern Uganda Recovery Act passed unanimously in the Senate, with 65 senators as cosponsors. |
| February 2010 | LRA killed about 100 people in Kpanga, near DR Congo's border with the Central African Republic and Sudan. |
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