Het lra conflict 1986: President Museveni komt aan de macht en vrees voor genocide op de Acholi.1986: President Museveni komt aan de macht en vrees voor genocide op de Acholi. Ontstaan van een aantal rebelbewegingen, waaronder LRA in 1987Ontstaan van een aantal rebelbewegingen, waaronder LRA in : LRA opereert vanuit Sudan1994: LRA opereert vanuit Sudan 2002: Operation Iron Fist; LRA verjaagd uit Zuid-Sudan2002: Operation Iron Fist; LRA verjaagd uit Zuid-Sudan

Het lra conflict 2005: 5 arrestatiebevelen LRA commanders2005: 5 arrestatiebevelen LRA commanders July 2006 – December 2008: Juba- vredesonderhandelingenJuly 2006 – December 2008: Juba- vredesonderhandelingen Operation Lightening Thunder en versplinteringOperation Lightening Thunder en versplintering

Vanaf 1996: ‘protected villages’

Camp realities Direct and indirect experience Government % Rebels % % of total experiences Beating/Tortur e Imprisonment Abduction Rape Shooting Killing of immediate relatives Other Total Summary of experiences of 170 individuals as drawn from timelines, Gulu district, February 1999 ( )(n=203) (Dolan 2009)

Camp realities Actions Government % Rebels % % of total experiences Burning Looting50 57 Confiscati on Bombing10001 Displacem ent Total Attribution of responsibility for 157 instances of damages to personal properties by 170 participants, Gulu, February 1999 (Dolan 2009)

DRC invasion Uganda “ Finds that the Republic of Uganda, by the conduct of its armed forces, which committed acts of killing, torture and other forms of inhumane treatment of the Congolese civilian population, destroyed villages and civilian buildings, failed to distinguish between civilian and military targets and to protect the civilian population in fighting with other combatants, trained child soldiers, incited ethnic conflict and failed to take measures to put an end to such conflict (…)” (International Court of Justice, DRC vs Uganda)

Belangen bij conflict Sterke financiële belangen: groter defensiebudget (1996: $88 million; 2001: $110 million; 2004: $200 million; 2006: $260 million) Sterke financiële belangen: groter defensiebudget (1996: $88 million; 2001: $110 million; 2004: $200 million; 2006: $260 million) Maar: ‘spooksoldaten’, corruptie, etc.Maar: ‘spooksoldaten’, corruptie, etc. Continue steun van de VS.Continue steun van de VS. US ‘frontline states policy’ (Sudan)US ‘frontline states policy’ (Sudan) US war on terror: LRA; Al ShabaabUS war on terror: LRA; Al Shabaab