Uganda/LRA/Child Soldiers
Fall 2011
The United States is embarking on the most concerted and coordinated effort to date in Africa's longest armed conflict, Uganda's 20-year battle with the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA). According to the Pentagon, United States Special Operations forces have been assigned to the mission to “bring the experience and technical capability to train, advise and assist partner security forces in support of programs designed to support internal security.” Read more in our post here.