By Ian P. Wilson
The ill-fated Ugandan and U.S.-assisted mission Operation Lightning Thunder launched in the jungles of eastern Congo December 14, 2008 was supposed to be the end of the notorious Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA). (more…)
The New York Times recently published an article documenting rape of men in Congo. BlackStarNews.com reports that rape of men for the purpose of spreading HIV/AIDS was used in Northern Uganda by government soldiers as early as 1992. (more…)
The following article reviews similarities between the Jewish holocaust and Acholi Genocide, in response to a debate by Ugandan army General David Tinyefunza and former UN Undersecretary General for Children in Armed Conflict, Dr. Olara Otunnu.
Although not “officially” recognized, the orchestration of mass deaths in Uganda have crossed the threshold of genocide.
Commonly overlooked, but widely documented, the Ugandan government’s use of child soldiers has been reported by the UN for years. The Ugandan government also uses captured soldiers to hunt for the Lord’s Resistance Army. The 105th battallion in the Ugandan army is composed of ex-LRA combatants who are often sent after the LRA. (more…)
Three months after launching an attack on LRA bases, the Ugandan government has ended the mission. The commanding officer of the mission President Museveni’s son, Lt. Muhoozi, returned to Uganda three weeks ago, ahead of the troops. (more…)
