Lord’s Resistance Army

The Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), also known as the Lord's Resistance Movement, is a rebel group and heterodox Christian group which operates in northern Uganda, South Sudan, the Central African Republic, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[11] Originally known as the United Holy Salvation Army and Uganda Christian Army/Movement, its stated goals include establishment of multi-party democracy,[12] ruling Uganda according to the Ten Commandments,[13] and Acholi nationalism.[14]

In practice "the LRA is not motivated by any identifiable political agenda, and its military strategy and tactics reflect this".[15] It appears to largely function as a personality cult of its leader Joseph Kony,[14] a self-declared prophet whose leadership has earned him the nickname "Africa's David Koresh".[16]

The LRA was listed as a terrorist group by the United States,[17] though it has since been removed from the list of designated active terrorist groups. It has been accused of widespread human rights violations, including murder, abduction, mutilation, child-sex slavery, and recruitment of child soldiers