The ritual, which dates back centuries, is believed to purify individuals of bad omens and allow them to begin anew ...

A Catholic aid organization operating in the Democratic Republic of Congo and the country's government have accused ...

Following their expulsion by the Ugandan military, the LRA rebels relocated to the politically unstable neighboring countries in the region. Kwoyelo joined the militia in 1987, and was arrested in ...

The LRA has also killed or tortured children caught trying to escape. LRA rebels roam northern Uganda’s countryside in small units, surfacing unpredictably to torch villages, kill people and ...

On the evening of May 16, 2004, Nancy Aber literally froze when her aunt informed her of the inroads the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) rebels had made. It was about 6pm and Aber was readying ...

Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) rebels killed a villager and abducted dozens of others during two weekend raids in a remote diamond-producing area of Central African Republic, local residents and ...

The Ugandan government and the rebels agreed to a cessation of hostilities in August 2006, but there have been outbursts of fighting since. The LRA, which the U.S. State Department describes as ...

1988: Joseph Kony, presented as Lakwena’s cousin, takes over the fight at the head of what becomes the LRA. March 1994: The LRA steps up ambushes and abductions in the north of Uganda ...

The LRA was founded three decades ago by former Catholic altar boy and self-styled prophet Kony, who launched a bloody rebellion in northern Uganda against President Yoweri Museveni. Its brutal ...