Lord's Resistance army i Centralafrika Gransoverskridande Iosningar pa ett Regionalt Problem. (Lord's Resistance Army in Central Africa. Cross-Border Solutions to a Regional Problem.)

摘要

During the autumn of 2011 the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) once again appeared on the international agenda as the AU, USA, and the UN decided to halt the rebels progress. During many years the LRA has had a negative impact on the security situation in Central Africa. The Ugandan rebel group has remained a threat against the security of the civilian population in the region over the last years, and has contributed to instability in the Central African region. The group operates in the Central African Republic (CAR), the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and South Sudan, an unstable area with weak infrastructure. Regional and international actors have to a large extent failed to protect civilians against LRA atrocities, which has contributed to an emerging humanitarian disaster in the region. This study provides a short description of the origins, motives and structure of the LRA, as well as an overview of how regional and international actors have responded to the groups presence in the region. The aim is to increase the understanding of the rebel groups incentives with the objective to identify potential solutions to the problems they cause in Central Africa.