The Lord's Resistance Army: Violence and Peacemaking in Africa

The Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) is a notorious armed rebel group in Africa, having operated in Uganda, South Sudan, Sudan, the Central African Republic, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The Juba Peace Talks in 2006 seemed like a gift to the fighters, but the talks failed. Mareike Schomerus provides insights into how the LRA experienced the Juba Talks, revealing developing dynamics and deep distrust within a conflict system and how these became entrenched through the peace negotiations. She calls for a new approach to contemporary peacemaking.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 330 pages
Publication date: 02 March 2023
Publisher: Cambridge University Press

The Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) is a notorious armed rebel group that has operated across Uganda, South Sudan, Sudan, the Central African Republic, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. When the LRA entered the Juba Peace Talks with the Ugandan Government in 2006, it seemed like a gift to the fighters who had been barely surviving in Central Africa's jungles. However, the talks failed. In this essay, Mareike Schomerus, based on exclusive interviews with LRA fighters and their notorious leader Joseph Kony, provides insights into how the LRA experienced the Juba Talks, revealing developing dynamics and deep distrust within a conflict system and how these became entrenched through the peace negotiations. Schomerus offers an explanation as to why current approaches to ending armed violence not only fail but also contribute to their own failure and calls for a new approach to contemporary peacemaking.

The Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) is a notorious armed rebel group that has operated across Uganda, South Sudan, Sudan, the Central African Republic, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. When the LRA entered the Juba Peace Talks with the Ugandan Government in 2006, it seemed like a gift to the fighters who had been barely surviving in Central Africa's jungles. However, the talks failed. In this essay, Mareike Schomerus, based on exclusive interviews with LRA fighters and their notorious leader Joseph Kony, provides insights into how the LRA experienced the Juba Talks, revealing developing dynamics and deep distrust within a conflict system and how these became entrenched through the peace negotiations. Schomerus offers an explanation as to why current approaches to ending armed violence not only fail but also contribute to their own failure and calls for a new approach to contemporary peacemaking.

The Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) is a notorious armed rebel group that has operated across Uganda, South Sudan, Sudan, the Central African Republic, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. When the LRA entered the Juba Peace Talks with the Ugandan Government in 2006, it seemed like a gift to the fighters who had been barely surviving in Central Africa's jungles. However, the talks failed. In this essay, Mareike Schomerus, based on exclusive interviews with LRA fighters and their notorious leader Joseph Kony, provides insights into how the LRA experienced the Juba Talks, revealing developing dynamics and deep distrust within a conflict system and how these became entrenched through the peace negotiations. Schomerus offers an explanation as to why current approaches to ending armed violence not only fail but also contribute to their own failure and calls for a new approach to contemporary peacemaking.

Weight: 490g
Dimension: 227 x 153 x 20 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781108725354