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

The International Criminal Court (ICC) Pre-Trial Chamber has rejected a request by the defence team of Lord’s Resistance Army ...

A court in Uganda has convicted Thomas Kwoyelo, a former commander of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), of dozens of crimes against humanity in a landmark case. "He is found guilty of the 44 ...

The seventeen-year war in northern Uganda has been characterized by great brutality by the rebel Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), as documented in Human Rights Watch's 1997 report, The Scars of Death ...

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

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 ...

Joseph Kony (born 1961) is the head of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), a guerrilla group that is engaged in a violent campaign to establish theocratic government in Uganda, which he claims is ...

The prosecutor maintained that the confirmation proceeding will not affect return of former LRA fighters and reconciliation ...

March 1994: The LRA steps up ambushes and abductions in the north of Uganda, bordering the south of Sudan. January 1997: Nearly 400 people are killed by the LRA during a four-day raid in the ...

The United Nations Commission on Human Rights adopted a resolution on the abduction of children from Northern Uganda at its 1998 session, calling upon the LRA to cease abductions and to release ...

Hardline members of the fractious 218-214 House Republican majority have signaled support for the bill, which would keep the government funded at its current levels through September 30.