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The Starting of the L.R.A
The whole L.R.A started around the 1980’s, because of the holy spirit movement, led by a women called Alice Lakwena.
The Holy spirit movement was a plan to throw the ugandan government, until a battle won by the government led to lakwena’s exile
Joseph kony claiming to be lakwena cousin took over in 1986 as the Lord Resistance Army -
Okot Odhiambo:Army commader and deputy chairman
Odhiambo is highly feared and respected in the LRA.LRA ranks by stating that Odhiambo was killed in action or that he was severely injured.Odhiambo allegedly led the LRA's massacre at Barlonyo Internally Displaced Person camp in
Lira District on February 21, 2004, where at least 300 people—and likely hundreds more—were
burned, shot, and slain with machetes -
Dominic Ongwen: Directer of operations
Three counts for crimes against humanity and four
counts for war crimes, including cruel treatment of civilians, murder,and pillaging
youngest person ever to be charged for crimes
against humanity by the ICC. Before he was abducted by the LRA in the late 1980s at the age of
10, Ongwen was an illiterate orphan who worked on a farm. -
Vincent Otti: vice charman
33 separate
counts of war crimes. Otti was reportedly killed at Kony’s orders in October 2007 because of
his interest in pursuing peace and the potential threat he posed to Kony, given the loyalty LRA
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Raska Lukwiya: supplies
Lukwiya was believed to have been killed, but it was later confirmed that
he had survived and was based in southern Sudan with Kony. In July 2005, the ICC issued an
arrest warrant for Lukwiya on charges of enslavement, cruel treatment, and attacks on civilians.
Lukwiya was later killed in fighting with the Ugandan army in northern Uganda in 2006. -
Raska Lukwiya
He was Konys third in command right behind vincent otti -
Hostages and new Fighters
inbtween the years of 1986 to 2009 kony had taken over two million people. Kony took young girls and abused them, and the boys he took would be trained into child soilders. -
ongwens rampage
At Kony’s orders and as a brigade commander, Ongwen executed the LRA’s offensives during its
2002-2003 incursions into Lira and Teso districts in northern Uganda. During these large-scale
attacks, the LRA clashed with the Ugandan military on multiple occasions. In this campaign, an
estimated 2,200 people were murdered and 3,000 abducted. -
Raska Lukwiya's death
it was believed that Lukwiya was killed by the UPDF during "Operation Iron Fist" in 2002, but sources confirmed that he had survived and was based in southern Sudan with Kony himself. In 2006, Lukwiya was killed fighting the UPDF in northern Uganda. -
Odhiambo's Massacure
Odhiambo allegedly led the LRA's massacre at Barlonyo Internally Displaced Person camp in
Lira District on February 21, 2004, where at least 300 people—and likely hundreds more—were
burned, shot, and slain with machetes. -
Raska Lukwiya
Indicted by the ICC in July of 2005 on charges of enslavement, cruel treatment, and attacks on civilians, Raska Lukwiya's role in the LRA varied. He was in charge of supplies and logistics for the group in 2005 and later served as Army Commander -
Vincent Ottis Execution
In 2007 Joesph's top commander was executed for his role in peace talks. -
Movment against Kony
<a href='http://invisiblechildren.com/kony-2012/' > People take a stand against kony and the L.R.A -
Joseph Kony and The L.R.A today
To this day there is still a part of the L.R.A that's still in uganda, Joseph kony is still out and hasnt been stopped