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The Good: Remarks about the LRA by the top US diplomat at this week's African Union summit showed that resolving the conflict remains a priority in Washington, if not the wider international community.

The Bad: The murder of six civilians in Kitgum by a soldier of the Local Defense Unit (LDU) exposed the volatility of the war-affected region beyond the LRA as well as the urgency of ...  Read full post

Our friends over at GuluWalk today announced a new initiative they've launched to draw attention to the plight of the internally displaced in northern Uganda, who have been neglected for so long.

For the next month, two Canadian women will be living in an IDP camp in the north, alongside those who have called these camps homes for far too long.

The kick-off of this ...  Read full post

While at the African Union summit in Egypt on Monday, Assistant Secretary of State Jendayi Frazer, the U.S.' top diplomat on Africa, commented on recent attacks by the Lord's Resistance Army, saying that the U.N. should boost its'  peacekeeping capacity to contain or catch them.

This is a great sign that this issue is still on the radar of our government. Statements like this were ...  Read full post

The Good: In an interview with a French radio station, LRA leader Joseph Kony expressed an openness to resuming peace talks with the Ugandan government. Theinterview was his first public statement since declining to sign a final peacedeal in April.

The Bad: Eight members of the LRA peace team quit, revealing continued fractures within Kony’sdelegation to the peace ...  Read full post

The Good: As the UN Security Council prepares for a briefing on northern Uganda, the US and EU expressed support for renewed efforts led by the chief mediator to induce LRA leader Joseph Kony to sign the final agreement. The Bad: A group of LRA rebels reportedly clashed with South Sudanese forces last weekend in the town of Nimule, just 20 kilometers from the Ugandan ...  Read full post

With the U.N. special envoy for LRA-affected areas briefing the Security Council this afternoon, calls from the international community for a resolution to Uganda's 22-year war continue to grow this week.

Following a statement from the U.S. State Department on Tuesday, the European Union released its own statement expressing support for the peace process.

With the threat of ...  Read full post

Hi, I’m Kaitlyn, and I’ll be interning with Resolve Uganda this summer. I’m a rising junior at Brown University, majoring in development studies, and I’m from Springfield, Virginia. I first got involved with advocacy for Northern Uganda two years ago when I saw Invisible Children’s “The Rough Cut” and joined a student group at my school focused on the issue. I’m really ...  Read full post

In yet another sign of how much U.S. policy toward the crisis in northern Uganda has shifted in the past year, the US State Department yesterday released a statement reiterating its support for a peaceful resolution to the conflict between the LRA and Ugandan government. Just a year ago, the U.S. wasn't supporting the negotiations and appeared to be indifferent toward the conflict's ...  Read full post

An FYI for our friends in the D.C. area: Kassim the Dream - a new documentary about Uganda - will be premiering at SilverDocs this weekend in Silver Springs, MD.

You can read about the film here, or check out the article the Washington Post ran on it this morning.

Here's the information on the screenings:

Director: Kief Davidson Film Website: ...  Read full post

The security situation in northern Uganda continues to progress rapidly, with reports of possible LRA rebel movement near the Ugandan border and increasing  steps by the Government of Uganda to prepare for possible military engagement with the rebel group.

In light of these developments, religious and civil society leaders are urging the Government and regional actors to maintain ...  Read full post