Ugandan Resistance

Paper Summary:

The paper examines the history of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) which operates in the north of Uganda from bases in southern Sudan. It looks at the LRA's brutality through its kidnapping and enslaving of children and the efforts made by the Ugandan government to bring this group under control. The paper then briefly looks at the Alliance of Democratic Forces (ADF) which is made up of Ugandan opposition forces, supported by the government of Sudan. It shows how this group is responsible for terrorist bombings across the country.

From the Paper:

"In January 2004 Ugandan Defense Minister Amama Mbabazi said that the government army had killed 928 Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) rebels between Jan. 1, 2003 and Jan. 16, 2004. Speaking at a monthly press briefing in Bombo, suburb of Kampala, Minister Mbabazi said 791 rebels were either captured by the army or surrendered during the same period in the "Operation Iron Fist" against the LRA rebels. He said the army rescued 7,299 people abducted by the rebels. He also said 88 army soldiers died in the combat, 141 others were injured and four went missing during the period."

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