Friday, May 24, 2013
News | LRA
| UN chief demands justice in name of child soldiers and victims of sexual abuse | |
Xinhua - April 30, 2009 | |
 | The recruitment and sexual exploitation of children by armed groups in conflict zones is a threat to international peace and security, and violators must be brought to justice, UN Secretary-general Ban Ki-moon told an open Security Council debate here on Wednesday. |
| UN complains of Congo troop delay | |
BBC News - April 8, 2009 | |
 | The UN force chief in the Democratic Republic of Congo has complained there is still no sign of 3,000 peacekeepers approved by the UN five months ago. Alan Doss told the BBC his force was overstretched and unable to respond effectively to outbreaks of violence. |
| Ugandan army withdraws from DR Congo | |
XINHUA - March 15, 2009 | |
 | The first batch of about 400 Ugandan soldiers withdrawing from the Democratic Republic of Congo(DRC) arrived at Entebbe airport on Sunday evening, marking the end of a three month joint military operation to hunt down Ugandan rebels. |
| Ugandan army begins Congo pullout | |
BBC News - March 15, 2009 | |
 | Uganda has begun withdrawing soldiers sent to the Democratic Republic of Congo in December to pursue Lord's Resistance Army rebels. They have been engaged in a joint operation alongside DR Congo government forces and south Sudanese forces to end brutal LRA attacks on civilians. |
| Signs of Progress Reported in Congo Peace Negotiations | |
VOA News - February 23, 2009 | |
 | Negotiators between the Congolese government and a rebel group in the country's east have reached a preliminary agreement, after talks in the eastern town of Goma. Neither side has released details of the discussion, which would only set the stage for future peace negotiations. |
| DR Congo says foreign troops to pull back | |
XINHUA - February 22, 2009 | |
 | Rwanda, Uganda and southern Sudan will withdraw their troops from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) next week after joint operations against insurgency in the war-torn central African country, the government announced here on Saturday. |
| DRC Refugees Continue to Cross Sudan South Border | |
VOA News - February 17, 2009 | |
 | A growing number of Congolese refugees are crossing the border into south Sudan, trying to escape attacks on their towns and villages by members of the Ugandan rebel group the Lord's Resistance Army. |
| Officials: LRA Threat 'Gravely Reduced' | |
VOA News - February 15, 2009 | |
 | Officials say Ugandan rebels who have terrorized central Africa are getting weaker in the face of a regional military offensive. A spokesman for the joint military effort, Captain Deo Akiki, says the Lord's Resistance Army's capacity to kill and abduct people has been, in his words, gravely reduced. |
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