The Ugandan Lord’s Resistance Army rebels have carried out a surprise attack on the government’s military barracks in Southern Sudan. In addition, other raids have been reported in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The raids broke out although the rebels “agreed” to sign a peace treaty with the Ugandan government. Analysists agree fighting has broken out because of the instability in the region and the deceit of the rebels’ agreement to sign the peace deal. This war has been going on for over twenty years leaving millions of people displaced. With that said, the rebels have even relocated many times and this past month the government sent in peace keeping troops to protect civilians. However, over 100 LRA rebels attacked the government barracks and several civilians have been killed. The LRA leader Joseph Kony refused to sign any peace agreements in April and claims to want immunity for any arrests from the International Criminal Court (ICC). Kony agreed to sign peace agreements once the ICC lifts their indictments, until then the LRA will not disarm. The LRA is known for many war crimes and abductions of children and civilians into combat. In addition, six more rebel camps have been set up in the DRC with children tending to the diamond mines. The rebels in Africa are becoming more of a global problem. More countries are finding a social problem with their acts and are against their terror. The United Nations has struggled for many years to come up with solutions to the problems of the LRA rebels. I am certain that force is needed to stop the rebels however; I don’t believe the United States should get involved in this aspect because they are already in too far with other sorts of terrorist groups. In addition, once the rebels have signed this peace keeping agreement with the forces of the United Nations, I believe peace keeping troops should stay to ensure the rebels keep their agreement.
Sources: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7625515.stm#graphic
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