Resolve Uganda - News and Events

Weekly Roundup Jan 30 - Feb 5: ICC Prosecutor Applauds Activist Support for Legislation

michael — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 10:58:29 -0800

With news this week of LRA killings of civilians surging in remote corners of DR Congo, International Criminal Court Chief Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo applauded the efforts of US activists to secure the passage of the LRA Disarmament and Northern Uganda Recovery Act and see the violence ended. Activist efforts continued to make historic progress this week, with a supermajority of Senators now signed on as cosponsors.

Dr. No, Please Say Yes (or we'll keep getting louder)

michael — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 18:59:43 -0800

After thousands of us rallied, spoke, wrote, and lobbied for peace this past year, legislation aimed at ending Joseph Kony's reign of terror stands on the precipice of passing Congress.

Weekly Roundup Jan. 23-29: New campaign targets lone Senator blocking legislation

michael — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 17:15:31 -0800

Today, Resolve Uganda joined its partners in launching an ambitious campaign targeting Senator Tom Coburn of Oklahoma - aka "Dr. No", the lone Senator blocking Senate passage of the historic LRA Disarmament and Northern Uganda Recovery Act.

From Invisible Children: 253,512 Citizens Arrest Warrants Delivered to the State Department

Lisa — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 13:42:20 -0800

From Invisible Children's blog:

LRA "resurgent" in Congo

michael — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 07:25:53 -0800

Enough Project field researcher Ledio Cakaj has released two briefs documenting resurgent LRA violence against civilians in DR Congo and what needs to be done about them.

Senator Inhofe (R-OK) speaks to fellow Senators in strong support of the LRA/Uganda bill

Lisa — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 13:09:48 -0800

Senator Inhofe (R-Ok) has continued to be a strong and committed voice within Congress on the issue of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA). Over the past few years, he has tirelessly called for greater U.S. engagement to end Joseph Kony's campaign of violence and to support LRA-affected communities in central Africa.

"From the Trampled Grass" Inaugural Post: Reflections from the Sudan-Uganda border

michael — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 15:39:51 -0800

This is the inaugural post in a series of reflections from Paul Ronan, Director of Advocacy for Resolve Uganda, as he travels for two months in Uganda, Sudan, Democratic Republic of Congo, and Central African Republic to interview victims of LRA attacks, civil society leaders, and local officials about how LRA violence can be ended and affected communities best assisted. Stay tuned for his next post from areas of South Sudan where LRA attacks are ongoing. For more details about the series see below.

Historic milestone reached in number of legislation cosponsors

michael — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 09:14:19 -0800

Even as Senator Tom Coburn continues to obstruct the Senate's passage of the landmark LRA Disarmament and Northern Uganda Recovery Act, the bill today picked up three new Senate cosponsors and reached a historic milestone. The Act is now cosponsored by a majority of US Senators, and is the most widely-supported Africa related legislation in at least 35 years (as far back as electronic archives will allow us to go!).

Weekly Roundup Jan. 16-22: Legislation hits historic milestone

paul — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 13:42:16 -0800

Before moving on to this week's news, take two minutes right now and vote for our partners at Invisible Children to win $1 million in a facebook competition hosted by Chase Bank. Though they now hold the lead, the second place team is gaining votes fast enough to potentially eclipse Invisible Children before tonight's midnight deadline.

Left unprotected, new video shows how southern Sudanese are defending themselves

michael — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 13:05:18 -0800

A short video released this week by Al Jazeera shows how communities in South Sudan being victimized by LRA attacks are forming self-defense militia groups, as neither their own government nor United Nations peacekeepers in the country have been able to protect them: