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<p>One of the longest-running terrorist groups on the African continent is the Lord’s Resistance Army, originating from Uganda. Using the Christianity combined with local animism and Islam as the basis of their ideology and focusing at first on the protection of the Acholi people, this group evolved from fighting their enemies to oppressing their own people. Initially an internal conflict, the activities of the Lord’s Resistance Army spread throughout the region through a proxy war between neighbouring countries, until eventually international intervention was called for. Based on the Conflict Assessment Framework, combined with other methods, this armed conflict is analysed, showing the progress of the conflict through the time.</p>
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One of the longest-running terrorist groups on the African continent is the Lord’s Resistance Army, originating from Uganda. Using the Christianity combined with local animism and Islam as the basis of their ideology and focusing at first on the protection of the Acholi people, this group evolved from fighting their enemies to oppressing their own people. Initially an internal conflict, the activities of the Lord’s Resistance Army spread throughout the region through a proxy war between neighbouring countries, until eventually international intervention was called for. Based on the Conflict Assessment Framework, combined with other methods, this armed conflict is analysed, showing the progress of the conflict through the time.

Analysis of the Armed Conflict: A Case Study of Lord’s Resistance Army

CONTEMPORARY MILITARY CHALLENGES

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One of the longest-running terrorist groups on the African continent is the Lord’s Resistance Army, originating from Uganda. Using the Christianity combined...

Analysis of the Armed Conflict: A Case Study of Lord’s Resistance Army

Published Online: Dec 25, 2023

Page range: 51 - 65

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/cmc-2023-0022

Keywords
Analysis of the conflict, Lord’s Resistance Army, terrorism, insurgency, counterinsurgency

© 2023 Klemen Kocjančič, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

Analysis of the Armed Conflict: A Case Study of Lord’s Resistance Army

Published Online: Dec 25, 2023

Page range: 51 - 65

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/cmc-2023-0022

KeywordsAnalysis of the conflict, Lord’s Resistance Army, terrorism, insurgency, counterinsurgency

© 2023 Klemen Kocjančič, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

Keywords
Analysis of the conflict, Lord’s Resistance Army, terrorism, insurgency, counterinsurgency