Blog Archives
Kony’s Ivory: How Elephant Poaching in Congo Helps Support the LRA // IC Citizen
June 3, 2013 by Lisa Dougan
This week, Invisible Children, The Enough Project, and The Resolve LRA Crisis Initiative jointly released a new report highlighting evidence that the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) has been poaching elephants in the Democratic Republic of Congo, under Joseph Kony’s orders, and trafficking ivory as one means to sustain itself and resupply. The multimedia report, entitled Kony’s Ivory: How Elephant [...] Read More
From The Resolve blog: Impacting progress against the LRA
March 26, 2013 by Krista Morgan
The below blog was written by our friends at The Resolve LRA Crisis Initiative and discusses how the international community needs to make sure that recent changes to government in Central African Republic (CAR) does not impact progress made against the LRA. Could upheaval in CAR spell the end for operations against the LRA? A violent [...] Read More
LRA Crisis Tracker // 2012 Annual Security Brief
February 4, 2013 by Invisible Children
The LRA Crisis Tracker, a joint project of Invisible Children and Resolve, just released its 2012 Annual Security Brief (PDF). The Brief provides the most comprehensive analysis of recent LRA activity publicly available, giving field workers, policymakers, and activists a tool to better understand the LRA conflict. Using data collected by Invisible Children’s Early Warning Network, local [...] Read More
Ben Keesey reflects on White House visit
January 17, 2013 by Invisible Children
Wow. Today is a day that I will never forget. Just 48 hours ago, I got word that a Presidential signing ceremony for the Rewards for Justice bill was being considered. And just a few hours later, I was on a plane from San Diego to Washington DC to represent Invisible Children in the oval office [...] Read More
Invisible Children’s CEO Ben Keesey with Pres. Obama as he signs the Rewards for Justice bill
January 15, 2013 by Azy Groth
Tuesday, January 15, 2013, President Obama signed Rewards for Justice legislation. Our CEO Ben Keesey was invited to represent Invisible Children and all of the people around the country who have supported this effort. Also invited were a handful of human rights organizations including our partners and friends at Resolve, Enough, and Humanity United. In [...] Read More
LRA Crisis Tracker // Quarterly Security Brief
December 3, 2012 by Invisible Children
Invisible Children, along with our partners at Resolve, recently released the 2012 LRA Crisis Tracker Quarter 3 Security Brief. The brief analyzes trends in LRA activity and highlights attacks from July through September 2012. It’s in-depth and chalked full of infographics, analyses, and noted trends. But for the sake of summarizing, below are some honorable mentions. Please view the [...] Read More
U.S. announces innovative program to protect people from LRA attacks
October 11, 2012 by Krista Morgan
Our partners at Resolve published the below article regarding the announcement of the United States’ innovative program to protect people from LRA attacks. As always, well-written & incredibly insightful. On October 3, the U.S. announced the release of up to 15 million dollars to help protect communities being targeted by LRA attacks in southeast Central African Republic (CAR). [...] Read More
Resolve: A look at LRA abduction patterns
August 30, 2012 by Krista Morgan
An informative, thought-provoking piece on LRA abduction patterns from Paul Ronan at Resolve, one of our DC-based advocacy partners: The LRA has long been associated with child soldiers, and rightfully so – UNICEF estimates that the LRA has abducted at least 35,000 children since 1986. But LRA Crisis Tracker data on abductions [...] Read More
LRA Crisis Tracker: mid-year analysis
August 2, 2012 by Azy Groth
The LRA Crisis Tracker, a joint project of Invisible Children and Resolve, just released its Mid-Year Security Brief (PDF). Below we highlight a couple of trends and conclusions that we can see in LRA activity. Resolve’s blog has a full summary of the conclusions. LRA abductions are increasing, but trends indicate they’re mostly abducting people [...] Read More
Hillary Clinton to visit Uganda
August 1, 2012 by Krista Morgan
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton heads to Africa this week and plans to make a stop in Uganda to meet with President Yoweri Museveni. In addition to pressing issues like the breakdown of democracy in Uganda and the turmoil in Somalia, Secretary Clinton also plans to discuss the LRA with the Ugandan President. This [...] Read More
