US Troops to Fight Lord's Resistance Army: Who is Joseph Kony?

US Troops Sent to Central Africa Against LRA US President Barack Obama is sending 100 US troops to South Sudan in order to fight the Lord's Resistance Army, a Christian militant group active in the region. The US...

Museveni Set for Re-election in Postwar Uganda

Ugandans go to the polls on February 18 for what will be only the second multi-party elections since President Yoweri Museveni came to power in 1986. He won a landslide victory in the first democratic presidential and parliamentary ballot in 2006 – although much has...

ICC Under the Spotlight

IWPR’s international justice reporter Simon Jennings looks at the International Criminal Court’s achievements since it was founded eight years ago and considers what challenges lie ahead. By Simon Jennings ...

Vancouver rescues child soldiers on April 25th

In North America when a child goes missing or is abducted, the police is notified and everything is done to try and bring that child home to their family. In other parts of the world, in districts of northern...

Bloodshed in the Congo far from over

Even with notorious rebel leader Laurent Nkunda arrested, the chance of peace returning to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) remains rather slim,  especially now the Lord's Resistance Army is firing up...

Uganda army resumes rebel patrols

"The Ugandan army says it has resumed operations to hunt down Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) rebels in northern Uganda, despite peace talks. "

Joseph Konys head spun around 360 degrees and puked green vomit on the peace ...

Isn't this peace talks? Excuse me? How come no one else is missing the visual of his head twisting 360 degrees and the green vomit on top of the negotiation table? I wouldn't miss it. How can you say your in favor for disarmament and desire to quit and then want a bigger...

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