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The Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) Forms
Shortly after Yoweri Museveni was indicted as Uganda's president, the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) formed to rebel against Museveni (Johnson). Once the resistance were losing, however, Kony and his men turned on the Acholi people and accused them of "sinning against the lord" (Johnson). At this time there were no children involved in the movement (Van Acker). -
St. Mary's College Students Abducted
10 women and 35 men were abducted from the St. Mary's College in Uganda (Van Acker). -
Sudan Support the LRA
It is suggested that Sudan supported the LRA in order to weaken the Ugandan military capability (“Ugandan”). -
Ugandan Government Set Up Safe Camps
The Ugandan government create safe camps for children and families running away from the threat that is the LRA ("Kony, Joseph"). -
Kony Begins Capturing Children
The LRA decided to go for not only men and women, but now children (Van Acker). The organization turns the boys into soldiers, sometimes forcing them to kill their parents, and the girls into sex slaves (Orden and Bariyo A9). -
Kony put at #1 on the International Criminal Court
In 2005 the International Criminal Court indicted Joseph Kony as the world’s worst criminal at the top of the priority list (Kony). -
Operation Lightning Thunder Fails
In 2008, Operation Lightning Thunder was executed to eliminate Kony and the LRA, but failed (Kony). -
Garamba National Park Destroyed by LRA
On Christmas Day in 2008, Kony and his army decimated Garamba National Park, clubbing and bludgeoning innocent civilians and burning the villages of those people. This was the last big incident that has involved him and his organization (Johnson). -
Kony 2012 Video
Invisible Children release the video "Kony 2012" which got wildly popular among the masses (Kony). The video has, however, gotten critisism of the organization's true intentions, and how relevant the issue is today (Kony). It has also caused much interest in having more knowledge on the whole situation as it stands today (Kony). -
Second KONY 2012 Video Emerges
With the success of the first video, a second video, “Kony 2012 Part II- Beyond Famous”, was released on April 5, 2012 (Orden and Bariyo A9). -
Senior LRA Commander Arrested
Cesaer Achellam, a a top senior commander of the LRA, was arrested in the jungles of the Central African Republic (Deng Dimo). He was considered by the Ugandan government as the top commander of the LRA, making this a huge blow to the Lord's Resistance Army (Deng Dimo).
