Podcasts about lord's resistance army

Imagine this: You're 12 years old and on your way to visit your Grandmother. As you're travelling along the dirt road, a group of armed 'officers' pull your car over, and abduct you. They force you to walk for hours in the bush with no shoes on. You're taken to a camp and told if you try to escape they'll kill you. This was Grace's reality. Grace Arach was just 12 years old when she was abducted by The Lord's Resistance Army, a rebel group led by the infamous Joseph Kony. Grace was forced to become a child soldier and was given to the LRA's second in command to be his tenth wife. In this 2 part series, Grace shares her remarkable story with us. Listen now to hear of her strength and resilience and her ability to take her circumstances and use her experience to bring hope to others.To hear how of Grace's life after escaping, and to find out about the amazing work Grace is doing not only in her home country Uganda, but here in Australia too, listen to Part 2.

In this week's episode Ben speaks to Erin Baines and Camile Oliviera about their research on the social status of children born as the result of ‘forced marriage’ during the Ugandan civil war of the 1990s and early 2000s, and attempts by some of the fathers to assume responsibility for their care and well-being.  Children ‘born of war’ are increasingly recognized as a particular victim group in relevant international policy frameworks. Their social status falls somewhere between the victimization of their mother and perpetration of their father. Given the circumstances of their birth, they often experience social rejection and loss of identity with a long-term impact on their well-being. In fieldwork carried out in northern Ugandan communities between 2016 and 2019, Baines and Oliviera gathered the experiences of former combatants in the Lord's Resistance Army, a rebel group with links to widespread human rights abuses including the abduction of children, and their families.  Warning: sensitive content including references to sexual violence in this episode may upset or offend. Read the International Affairs article: Children 'born of war': a role for fathers? Credits: Speakers: Erin Baines, Camile Oliviera Hosts: Ben Horton, Agnes Frimston Producer: Ben Horton Sound Editor: Jamie Reed Recorded and produced by Chatham House

Western Equatoria State authorities say hundreds of Congolese refugees have migrated the area to escape renewed activities of the Lord's Resistance Army; South Sudanese families living in Northern Uganda receive charitable food aid during the coronavirus lockdown; and medical workers in Jonglei State commit to saving lives despite the increased risk of contracting COVID-19.

A childhood shaped by one of the most cruel rebel groups in history. Rape, killings and an abducted brother who was never found. If these defined decades of your life, the last thing you would want to talk about is peace — unless you are Victor Ochen. Our first episode takes us to Uganda, which has been plagued by civil unrest and rebellion since the 1980s. We dive into Victor's life, a young man, wise beyond his years, who refused to be enlisted as a child soldier. Growing up in between refugee camps, Victor was forced to confront his inner demons for survival, and won. Victor was hailed a hero for peace in his country, becoming the youngest ever African nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize in 2015. Learn from expert voices: Kristof Titeca, Ph.D., Professor of International Development at the University of Antwerp, and Sasha Lezhnev, Deputy Director of Policy at Enough Project, a nonprofit organization aimed at countering genocide and crimes against humanity. -- Finding Humanity is a production of Humanity Lab Foundation and Hueman Group Media. Our inaugural season is made possible in part by our collaborating partner, The Elders. Subscribe, rate and leave us a review. For more information, visit findinghumanitypodcast.com.

The Lord's Resistance Army rebel group resurfaces in South Sudan's Western Equatoria State; several religious leaders are arrested in South Sudan for defying a government ban on church gatherings to prevent the spread of COVID-19; and Muslims across the country are advised to maintain social distancing during the holy month of Ramadan.

What difference can one person make? Guided by the strength of her beliefs and convictions, Shannon Sedgwick Davis formed an unlikely alliance that helped stop the atrocities of Joseph Kony and his Lord's Resistance Army.

What Can One Person Do? Guided by the strength of her beliefs and convictions, Shannon Sedgwick Davis formed an unlikely alliance that helped stop the atrocities of Joseph Kony and his Lord's Resistance Army, which is responsible for terrorizing communities in four countries across Central and East Africa. It's an inspiring true story that proves there is no limit to what we can do, even in the face of impossible odds and unspeakable injustice. Learn more about her story in the book, To Stop A Warlord, available now.

Ex-drug dealer armed guard, Sam Childers brings a story of faith and endurance in the midst of a dark world. Sam travelled to Southern Sudan and Uganda, countries in the middle of civil wars, to set up an orphanage. During the day, Sam was building the huts that would house the children; during the evening, he was sleeping under a mosquito net slung from a tree: bible in one hand, AK47 in the other. Sam began to lead armed missions to rescue children from rebel group Lord's Resistance Army. It wasn’t long before tales of his exploits spread and villagers began to call him “The Machine Gun Preacher." Subscribe to the latest sermons & stories of Highlands Church bit.ly/highlandsTV We're a church in Toowoomba (Australia) that want to help you live your best life now. STAY CONNECTED: Website: www.highlandschurch.org.au Facebook: www.facebook.com/highlandschurchtoowoomba Instagram: www.instagram.com/highlands.church

During the 20-year war between the Lord's Resistance Army and government forces in northern Uganda, community stations like Radio Wa used “come home messaging” to encourage abducted children to defect. Today, their broadcasts for peace are working to heal the north's hidden scars. "When the radio began, there was a lot of insecurity," Radio Wa's director Magdaline Kasuku told RFI. It was in late 2001. "There was a lot of violence, there was a lot of killings and one of the biggest weapons they [the rebels] used was children." Between 1986 and 2006, Joseph Kony kidnapped thousands of children into his rebel group, the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), turning the girls into sex slaves and the boys into child soldiers. At the height of the conflict, community stations like Radio Wa in Lira, northern Uganda, began to emerge, offering locals isolated in towns and villages, a different message to the one being played out on their doorstep. The programme they came up with was Karibu. "Karibu is a kiswahili word that means 'welcome'," explains Kasuku. "Many parents would come through the radio to complain, saying 'Look, my child has disappeared, I don't know where he or she is. Could you help me find out where my child is?'," she says. The programme was so popular in reaching out to communities in the north that it came under threat from the LRA. In 2002 the rebels burnt it down. It would take less than a year for Radio Wa to be rebuilt, owing to public outcry over its destruction. "It went beyond Uganda," comments Kasuku. "The whole world was wondering how a small community radio which is trying to empower the people in a wartorn area, can be burnt down, so it really became a national issue." Avoiding propaganda trap So much so that even Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni came to inspect the damage, promising to rebuild Radio Wa. "They said, Tthis radio is so powerful in reaching out to the community here.' So they gave us a wider coverage," recounts Kasuku. "Normally, community radios are given to cover a kilometre or a kilowatt. That day, he [Yoweri Museveni] promised that we are going to be given four kilowatts." But in its bid to promote peace did Radio Wa not fall into the trap of toeing the government's line and promoting its anti-LRA propaganda? For Kasuku, the aim of Radio Wa's Karibu programme went beyond partisan lines. "Parents would come to the station and make an appeal: 'I want to talk to my child, my daughter, my son, wherever they are, if they're still alive, I want them to know that I still love them. I know that they might have done so many bad things, killed people, and all that, but they should be able to know that I love them,'." Coming home The formula encouraged more than 1,400 abducted children to break with the LRA and return to their families. After the war former LRA combattants questioned by police said they had been encouraged to return home through listening to stations like Radio Wa. Hearing their mother say "Wherever you are, my child, just come back, we love you, we forgive you," helped persuade them, explains Kasuku. Children who were abducted, came back, to tell their story and pull the lid off the atrocities they endured under the LRA. More than 10 years on, after a peace deal was signed in South Sudan, does Radio Wa's message of peace still ring true in the Uganda of today? The scars of war may be healing but the country is still grappling with kidnappings and killings, this time of young women in the Kampala capital. Healing the scars "There are no more gunshots, yes," Kasuku says. "But, when we interact with the community, you find that they have so many unfinished business. There are so many people who up to now have never let go of what their experiences were." The appearance of LRA commander Dominic Ogwen at the International Criminal Court at the Hague has stirred up painful memories. Kasuku says, many survivors still live with trauma and insists programmes like hers are necessary. "We want to continue encouraging people and letting them know they can overcome the trauma, the pain, the violence, all the bad things they went through in life. And they don't need to retaliate." Ugandan authorities are also keen to document the country's past and are planning a new war museum to this effect. "People need to start the healing process," reckons Kasuku. "That is the message that we keep on passing. Even today, despite the fact there is no more war. So, I think at Radio Wa, we realise we have even more work now than we did before," she says.

Robert Young Pelton's book "Licensed to Kill" chronicled his time with a team of government-hired guns in the war on terror in 2003. Since then, he's found himself at the heart of numerous major news events -- from U.S. soldier Bowe Bergdahl's walking away from his unit into captivity by the Taliban, to the migrant crisis, the IS group's "caliphate" and notorious terrorist Joseph Kony of the Lord's Resistance Army. Pelton is a smart, well-connected individual who knows how to navigate the shadowy world of terrorism and is able to make sense of disparate details that even the authorities who should know, don't. He talks to Target USA about IS group's new "expansion" model.

Victor Ochen grew up in displaced persons camps in Northern Uganda, fleeing from the Lord's Resistance Army. He emerged from that difficult situation to become a civic leader and peacemaker. And this year, he was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize for his work on behalf of war crimes victims in Uganda. Victor and Mark are old friends, and Victor opens up about growing up in a war zone, losing a brother, and becoming a self-taught social entrepreneur. This is one of the best episodes of Global Dispatches yet. 

Kiliwa is a community living with the aftermath of violence and child abduction by Joseph Kony’s Lord's Resistance Army. Della Kilroy records stories of survival in the Democratic Republic of Congo (This documentary was funded by Irish Aid)

For two decades, a rebel group known as Lord's Resistance Army has been abducting children in Northern Uganda, and enlisting them in the Army's ranks. After being completely desensitized, these children do the LRA's bidding, guns in hand. The children are butchered if they resist. Families in the region have been torn apart, and the children not abducted sleep in fear, every night.