What is the Lord's Resistance Army?

The Lord's Resistance Army began waging war in northern Uganda in 1988.

Joseph Kony, its psychotic leader, poses as a messianic figure who communes with holy spirits.

Some LRA commanders claim to be fighting for the rights of Uganda's Acholi people. But Kony has never expressed any coherent goals and leads the LRA as a vicious cult, not a classic guerrilla army. More...

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