Event Title
Political strife and violence in Northern Ugandan: the invisible children
Description
In this paper, conflict analysis is used to illustrate the strategic aspects of a social conflict. Specifically, this paper analyzes a timely and important multi-party dispute involving Joseph Kony's Lord's Resistance Army's continuous 22 year violent acts against native of northern Uganda (Acholis), the social, resource and financial support received from the Khartoum government of southern Sudan to the LRA, the multiple efforts of the Ugandan government to create safety and peace, and the controversial interference of the ICC. In a conflict analysis, the decision-makers (DMs) and possible states of a conflict are specified, along with the unilateral improvements of each DM, and also each DM's ordinal ranking of all possible states. The main stakeholders included in the northern Ugandan conflict are: Joseph Kony and his commanders of the LRA, the Ugandan government, the International Criminal Court, and the southern Sudanese Khartoum government. The paper structure is as follows. First, we examine conflict analysis theory followed by an overview of the historical background of the northern Uganda conflict. Finally, we provide recommendations about how conflict analysis can improve strategic insights in this important and timely conflict.
Document Type
Event
Start Date
8-3-2008 8:00 AM
Subject - LCSH
Insurgency--Uganda; Uganda--Politics and government--1979-; Conflict management--Uganda;
End Date
8-3-2008 5:00 PM
Subjects - Names (LCNAF)
Lord's Resistance Army
Session
Disaster Management and Conflict Analysis
Genre/Form
abstracts (summaries)
Type
event
Geographic Coverage
Uganda; Khartoum State (Sudan)
Rights
Copying of this document in whole or in part is allowable only for scholarly purposes. It is understood, however, that any copying or publication of this document for commercial purposes, or for financial gain, shall not be allowed without the author's written permission.
Language
English
Format
application/pdf
Keywords
invisible children, LRA, Joseph Kony, political hostilities, Uganda
Political strife and violence in Northern Ugandan: the invisible children
In this paper, conflict analysis is used to illustrate the strategic aspects of a social conflict. Specifically, this paper analyzes a timely and important multi-party dispute involving Joseph Kony's Lord's Resistance Army's continuous 22 year violent acts against native of northern Uganda (Acholis), the social, resource and financial support received from the Khartoum government of southern Sudan to the LRA, the multiple efforts of the Ugandan government to create safety and peace, and the controversial interference of the ICC. In a conflict analysis, the decision-makers (DMs) and possible states of a conflict are specified, along with the unilateral improvements of each DM, and also each DM's ordinal ranking of all possible states. The main stakeholders included in the northern Ugandan conflict are: Joseph Kony and his commanders of the LRA, the Ugandan government, the International Criminal Court, and the southern Sudanese Khartoum government. The paper structure is as follows. First, we examine conflict analysis theory followed by an overview of the historical background of the northern Uganda conflict. Finally, we provide recommendations about how conflict analysis can improve strategic insights in this important and timely conflict.