Part I; Summary
The Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), formed in 1987, has continued to send the country of Uganda into constant brutality. The groups leader, Joseph Kony, has sent his followers throughout the country to kidnap children, perform harsh attacks on villages, plant land mines, and steal the belongings from anyone they came in contact with. The group has kidnapped at least 14,000 children since the beginning of the year 2000 and of the 14,000 most were either killed, sold or traded, or kept to fight for the LRA.
The evil groups causes for these attacks seem unknown as of now, but the government has tried many times to converse with these leaders to get answers for the rest of the country. The Ugandan government has recieved at least two messages from the leader of the LRA posing peace amoung the two, but “government officials said they do not believe that Kony is serious, since he has not named a negotiating team and chose to call a radio station rather than the direct goverment phone line he has been given,” (ABC-CLIO 1).
Over the past sixteen years this “genocide” has faced everything from potential peace talks, to plans to kill the Leaders of the LRA, to more than one truce purposed by Uganda. President Yoweri Museveni has made many attempts to end the vicious and random attacks against the citizens of Uganda, but nothing has seemed to pull through for the benefit of this country.
Part II; Citation
- “World Geography; Uganda.” President Announces Plans to Kill Rebel Leaders. 14 Nov 2003. World Geography: ABC-CLIO. 11 Oct 2006 .
“President Announces Plans to Kill Rebel Leaders. (2003)”
- “World Geography; Uganda.” Rebel Leader Calls for Peace Talks. 28 Dec 2002. World Geography: ABC-CLIO. 11 Oct 2006 .
“Rebel Leader Calls for Peace Talks. (2002)”
- “World Geography; Uganda.” Uganda Signs Truce with Rebel Group. 26 Aug 2006. World Geography: ABC-CLIO. 11 Oct 2006 .
“Uganda Signs Truce with Rebel Group. (2006)”
- “Lord’s Resistance Army.” World Geography. 2006. ABC-CLIO. 11 Oct. 2006 .
“Lord’s Resistance Army.”
5. “Uganda: Strife Rekindled in North.” Facts On File World News Digest 16 May 1996. Facts On File World News Digest @ FACTS.com.Facts On File News Service. 11 Oct. 2006 http://www.2facts.com.>
“Uganda: Strife Rekindled in North. (1996)”
Part III; Discussion Questions
1. What else do you think the government of Uganda could do to prevent the malicious attacks and provide safety for the citizens of its country?
2. What could be the possible reasons for Joseph Kony to be performing these attacks?
3. How could the Ugandan army retrive all of the kidnapped peoples from the LRA?
4. If you were President Yoweri Museveni and you had the option of either ending the countries misery but had to give up your thrown to Kony or keeping the misery in the country but trying your best to devise a plan against Kony, what would you do and why?
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globalspartan
// Oct 16, 2006 at 12:07 pm
1. The Ugandan army should intercede on behalf of the Ugandan people. The army needs to increase its man power and arms power and go out and protect its people.
Uganda should also call upon its ally nations to help provide support and protection for its people. If other countries do offer to help Uganda should try and get some of the more technical gear available in wars. Using technology they could more easily track the LRA. This way they could corner the army and warn Ugandan populations that were in danger.
The Ugandan should also encourage its people to resist the efforts of the LRA. I am against fire arms and violence, but if an army was roaming the country trying to snatch my kids, I’d carry a gun on me. Children should also be educated on all possible resistance techniques in case anyone tried to kidnap them.
Kara B.
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