Meet Father Justin, one of our heroes
September 22nd, 2011I just returned to DC from South Sudan and Democratic Republic of Congo, where I joined the tail end of my teammate Paul’s three-month fact-finding trip. The best part of our travels was encountering people who are taking truly courageous action to help their communities endure the effects of LRA atrocities
READ MOREWe’re headed home with reports from the ground.
September 8th, 2011Paul and I are back in Uganda, about to head home to the States, after traveling to the areas of South Sudan hardest hit by LRA attacks.
READ MOREWhat Thomas Kwoyelo’s trial means for northern Uganda and the LRA
August 2nd, 2011On Monday of last week I spent most of the day at a courthouse in Gulu, northern Uganda, listening with over 100 local residents to the trial of a former commander in the LRA, Thomas Kwoyelo. The courtroom itself was so crowded that we were sitting outside in plastic chairs under a tent watching a [...]
READ MORESnapshot: Displaced in Dungu
July 22nd, 2011During my visit to northern Congo earlier this month I had a chance to visit a displaced persons’ camp in the town of Dungu. Dungu is the regional hub for humanitarian and peacekeeping operations, and has also been a magnet for people fleeing LRA attacks in more remote outlying areas. While in Dungu, I had [...]
READ MOREThe Last Defense: The Arrow Boys of Western Equatoria
July 13th, 2011Due to severe resource constraints and a general lack of will amongst formal regional security forces, local communities in the state of Western Equatoria, South Sudan have taken it upon themselves to defend their families and livelihoods through the formation of local militia groups. These groups, known as Arrow Boys, or Home Guard, are using locally [...]
READ MOREUnfiltered Q&A Round 1
July 10th, 2011Our Director of Advocacy, Paul Ronan is currently on a four-month fact finding mission to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, South Sudan, Central African Republic, and northern Uganda, during which he’ll be taking questions from our readers. You can follow him live on Twitter @resolvereports. Thanks to everyone who sent in questions and well-wishes over the [...]
READ MORETravels to forgotten corners, or rather, daytripping to Bambouti
June 28th, 2011I spent most of the past two weeks in LRA-affected areas of Southern Sudan and I’ll be posting more about the LRA’s impact there in the next few weeks. But I also took a short day trip across the border to the Central African Republic (CAR) town of Bambouti, which is where I’d like to [...]
READ MORESend me your questions
June 17th, 2011One of the hardest parts of my job is helping Resolve supporters understand precisely how our work advocating to our leaders directly affects the situation here. That’s one reason I am excited about sharing my observations on this research trip. I get to explore that question firsthand — to see how exactly the progress made with our [...]
READ MOREMy basic itinerary
June 17th, 2011I’m in Yambio, South Sudan at the moment, staying with some U.N. workers while I do field visits to a number of different communities in the area — including refugee camps — where people have been hard hit by the violence. This is the area where our friends at DTJ filmed for Let Us Be [...]
READ MORESendoff!
June 6th, 2011After spending two weeks in Kampala, I’m finally set to leave on the first leg of my research trip. Tomorrow I leave on an overnight bus to Juba, the capital of soon-to-be-independent Southern Sudan. After a day in Juba, I’ll head straight to Yambio and Nzara, the major towns in Western Equatoria, the region of [...]
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