Lord's Resistance Army Essay

Three decades of horror were lived by most of the African countries due to a violent group that goes by the name of lord’s resistance army from Uganda. What differentiate this group from the other terrorist groups is their ideology and their religion.
The lord’s resistance army started in 1983 with a different name called the holy spirit movement. The holy spirit movement was defeated and its leader sent to exile. But that didn’t stop a man called joseph Kony to claim the leadership of the movement and change the name to the lord’s resistance army. At first, joseph Kony couldn’t gain the support of the people although he did promise to overthrew the government and rule the country. Resentment slowly grew on joseph Kony and started kidnapping young children in his army as a mean of recruitment. Abduction was not the only answer to punish and claim how powerful the group was, but also massacres, robberies and raping women of all ages justified by joseph as way of defying the government in Uganda.
Over the course of history, the ideology of the group shifted a lot and took many sides of justifying the violence in Africa. The primary goal was to fight the government of Museveni who, by their beliefs, was leading against a major ethnic group in Uganda, the Acholi. But then …show more content…
He belongs to the Acholi population, which believes in superstitions and spirituals. He declared himself the messiah for the people and justified his killings and abductions through claiming that he wants to establish the ten commandments of god. His main goal was to end the oppression of the north done by Museveni’s government but he eventually became the main antagonist of the north through his violent methods of establishing his powers and his credibility in Africa. Right now, joseph Kony is condemned of crimes against humanity and has been identified as a warlord. But he is yet to be found and punished for his