LRA, \u00a0known as the Lord’s\u00a0Resistance\u00a0Army, \u00a0is a \u00a0the most bloody \u00a0War Lord Africa ever known \u00a0since \u00a0the \u00a0Mao Mao movement in Kenya in 1960’s. LRA is\u00a0financed\u00a0and armed by the\u00a0Sudan. It is\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0working for the \u00a0government\u00a0of \u00a0Sudan as a proxy since its inception in 1986. This is done in oppostion of the Uganda’s \u00a0support to \u00a0the \u00a0Southern Sudan Liberation Movment led \u00a0by the late \u00a0John\u00a0Grang.<\/p>\n
It was founded by Alice Lakwena\u00a0initiated\u00a0with\u00a0witchcraft and spiritualism. In 1986 \u00a0she \u00a0established LRA as a resistance movement and \u00a0claimed to be inspired by the Holy Spirit of God calling herself as \u00a0the keepers of the 10\u00a0commandment. \u00a0She portrayed herself as a prophet who received messages from the Holy Spirit of God. She wanted to \u00a0defeat the government run by\u00a0Museveni by magic \u00a0casting . she ordered \u00a0her followers to \u00a0cover their bodies with\u00a0shea nut oil as protection from bullets, \u00a0and invite them not to \u00a0take cover or retreat in battle, and not to kill snakes and \u00a0bees.<\/p>\n
Joseph Kony now the leader followed her\u00a0methodology\u00a0by using the same superstition encouraging soldiers to use oil to draw a cross on their chest against \u00a0bullets. \u00a0Kony gained a reputation as claiming he is\u00a0possessed\u00a0\u00a0by holy sprit. He claim being a medium.<\/p>\n
Alice\u00a0Lakwena won many battles against Musuveni\u00a0government\u00a0in Kampala. several key victories on the battlefield and began a march towards Kampala. Kony seized this opportunity to recruit members of the Ugandan People’s Democratic Party (UPDA) and Holy Spirit remnants. \u00a0She was\u00a0finally\u00a0defeated1997 \u00a0in Jinja and escaped to Kenya, \u00a0since Kony took the leadership.<\/p>\n
The Movement has spread in all\u00a0central\u00a0Africa menacing the stability of the region \u00a0like Al- Qaida in\u00a0Afghanistan\u00a0and \u00a0Pakistan\u00a0now in Yemen and Somalia. Today \u00a0LRA is menacing the coming\u00a0referendum\u00a0in the South bought by its masters in \u00a0the north.<\/p>\n
LRA’s objectives are:<\/p>\n
August 27, 2010 (NIMULE) \u2013 The Lord\u2019s Resistance Army could attempt to re-enter Uganda through southern Sudan according to a former aide to Uganda\u2019s President Yoweri Museveni.<\/p>\n
Richard Todwong, told\u00a0Sudan Tribune<\/em> that an attempt to re-enter Uganda via Sudan and Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) from the LRA\u2019s base in Central African Republic (CAR) could undermine the Southern Sudan\u2019s quest for independence.<\/p>\n The former aide to Uganda\u2019s President Yoweri Museveni said that such a move by could easily be employed as a scapegoat to destabilize the population in the south ahead of their preparations for the forthcoming referendum.<\/p>\n The LRA, led by Joseph Kony, has carried out a brutal insurgency across Uganda, south Sudan, CAR and DRC since 1987, has been accused receiving military assistance from the Khartoum government.<\/p>\n Todwong said that the LRA could easily be used as a scapegoat to destabilize the south ahead of a referendum on independence due in January.<\/p>\n The referendum on self-determination is a key requirement within Sudan\u2019s Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA); between the dominant parties of the north and south, which ended over two-decade civil war.<\/p>\n \u201cThe LRA now appear to have been a forgotten force, but they may be planning to re-launch new attacks on civilians as they plan to re-enter Uganda through South Sudan or the DRC,\u201d Todwong said.<\/p>\n \u201cSuch a move is likely to disorganize the population in the south especially at this time when they referendum preparation[s] are ongoing. Of course not ruling [out] the fact that they [the LRA] could also be used as scapegoats by those opposed to southern independence,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n