The LRA has since proceeded to carry out a trademark killing and abduction spree.
Some 3, 350 African troops are currently deployed against the LRA in South Sudan and Central African Republic.
Estimating the numbers of rapes that have occurred at the hands of LRA fighters is virtually impossible.
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He claims the LRA is fighting to install a government in Uganda based on the Biblical Ten Commandments.
The LRA's current strength is estimated at a few hundred, but they still terrify many times this number.
Several efforts to negotiate peace have failed with the LRA always walking away.
But a row has broken out between the director of public prosecutions, Richard Butera, and the LRA lawyer, Caleb Alaka.
Last October, it issued arrest warrants its first for Joseph Kony, founder and leader of the LRA, and four of his top commanders.
" Blackstock said Greene told her an LRA Property official stole money and that "LRA employees are lazy, incompetent and stupid.
He said it was sent to him from LRA representatives in Nairobi, Kenya, who have been quoted in international news media.
Disease and malnutrition are the main killers here, but the rebel Lord's Resistance Army, or LRA, is also a constant threat.
McGUFFIN: A large reason for the LRA's longevity is that it was armed and housed by the government of neighboring Sudan.
Talks were held at the Labour Relations Agency (LRA) on Thursday evening but there was no breakthrough in the 10-day-long dispute.
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Invisible Children, the San Diego-based activist group that launched the "Kony 2012" campaign, is one of those front organizations, the LRA charged.
Although the Kony 2012 film has prompted renewed calls for action against the LRA, several forces have been fighting them for years.
The United States is providing support for both military and civilian efforts to comprehensively address the LRA threat and help affected communities.
Second, the U.S. must help finish the job it started and support the apprehension of the leadership of the LRA and FDLR.
The most notorious wanted LRA leader is war crimes suspect Joseph Kony.
LRA. But, as things are, their families are caught in the middle.
LRA, the rebels-turned-rulers of southern Sudan are casting themselves as peacemakers instead.
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One reason for this, he alleges, is that the hunt for the LRA is netting the general's forces large amounts of American money.
That incident was the last time the LRA struck in South Sudan, but their impact over the last few years has been dramatic.
Indeed, he believes that the latest truce was in part the result of the pressure being put on the LRA by the court.
The LRA has been fighting since the late 1980s to replace President Yoweri Museveni's secular government in a campaign marked by brutality against civilians.
It's slickly made and has clearly struck a chord with its intended audience - people who knew nothing about the LRA or, consequently, Uganda.
An amnesty law was introduced in 2000 to try to end a war waged by Kony and his LRA fighters for more than two decades.
He said it was in response to an appeal by junior Defence Minister Ruth Nankabirwa for spiritual support in the fight against the LRA rebels.
The talks at the LRA began at 1000 BST on Saturday.
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The desire to protect civilians from the LRA scourge is understandable.
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