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Lord's Resistance Army insurgency

Lord's Resistance Army insurgency
Date 1987 – present
(30 years)
Location Northern Uganda (until 2006), South Sudan, eastern DR Congo, Central African Republic
Status

Ongoing

  • Founder and leader of the LRA Joseph Kony goes into hiding
  • Senior LRA commander Dominic Ongwen surrenders to American forces in the Central African Republic and is tried at the Hague
  • Majority of LRA installations and encampments located in South Sudan and Uganda abandoned and dismantled
  • Small scale LRA activity continues in eastern DR Congo, and the Central African Republic
Belligerents

 Uganda
 DR Congo
 Central African Republic
 South Sudan
United Nations MONUC
Supported by:

 United States

Lord's Resistance Army
Supported by:

 Sudan (1994–2002)
Commanders and leaders

Uganda Yoweri Museveni
Democratic Republic of the Congo Joseph Kabila
South Sudan Salva Kiir

United Nations Alan Doss

Joseph Kony
Vincent Otti  †
Raska Lukwiya  †
Okot Odiambo  †
Dominic Ongwen  Surrendered

Alphonse Lamola
Units involved

Uganda UPDF
Democratic Republic of the Congo FARDC
Central African Republic FACA
SPLA

United States SOF 		No specific units
Strength

2002:
Uganda 65,000–75,000
2010:
Uganda 46,800
2014:
Uganda 1,500

United States 300 advisers

1990:
200–800
1998:
6,000
2007:
500–3,000
2014:

240
Casualties and losses
Unknown ~600 killed (2009–2010)

100,000+ killed

400,000–430,000+displaced

Ongoing

 Uganda
 DR Congo
 Central African Republic
 South Sudan
United Nations MONUC
Supported by:


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