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• Publicly announce if any senior LRA commanderswill be held liable for crimes committed, and ensureall other returning members of the LRA aregranted amnesty upon returning to Uganda;• Fully fund rehabilitation programs for formercombatants and communities in northern Ugandaaffected by the conflict;• Fully fund the Amnesty Commission’s operationsand resettlement activities.To the US government• Authorize another six-month rotation of US militaryadvisers to deploy to forward locations inLRA-affected areas;• Benchmark ongoing US assistance – including thedeployment of military advisers and DDR initiatives– against progress in dismantling the LRA’scommand structure and demobilizing remainingcombatants;• Ease restrictions on approvals for DDR-focusedflights and expand airlift capacity to allow for rapidreactions to Come Home messaging opportunitiesacross all LRA-affected areas of CAR;• Direct USAID to significantly increase funding forcommunity-based LRA defector reintegration assistance;• Direct the Department of Defense to make significantlymore funds available to US military advisersin the field for flexible, needs-based defection effortssuch as leaflet distribution, helicopter speakermissions, and community sensitization;• Encourage the sustainability of SRS locations byproviding funding to support the project for atleast one year after US military advisers withdrawfrom the region.To UPDF troops and US military advisers in easternCAR and South Sudan• Continue to provide civilian protection at all SRSlocations in eastern CAR and South Sudan;• Continue to employ a policy of rapid reaction tocivilian attacks followed by relentless pursuit;• Immediately resume the distribution of ComeHome messages by leaflets and helicopter broadcastsin eastern CAR;• Using MONUSCO’s model, establish mobile FMradios at strategic UPDF deployments in easternCAR.To MONUSCO DDRRR and peacekeepers• Expand leaflet drops and begin helicopter speakerbroadcasts in Haut Uele and Bas Uele districts;• Establish SRS locations in Haut Uele and Bas Uele,complete with civilian protection mechanisms;• In the short-term, expand mobile FM radio broadcaststo all MONUSCO bases in Haut Uele and BasUele where the mission does not already have apermanent radio;• In the medium-term, create permanent FM stationsat bases in Duru and Ango;• Develop and expand civilian liaison and intelligencegathering activities;• Develop a more effective civilian protection system.To Come Home message actors• Ensure communities in CAR, Congo, South Sudan,and Uganda have substantial input into ComeHome message campaigns and SRS projects;• Collectively distribute 300,000 Come Home leafletsper month for the next 12 months;• Continue to refine Come Home messages to ensureLRA members receive practical information onhow to safely defect;• Launch specific Come Home message campaignstargeting the 20-25 LRA officers most likely to defect;• Expand the input of former Ugandan LRA combatantsinto Come Home message campaigns, includingby forming an advisory council of formercombatants, and compensate them for their efforts;• Improve collective monitoring and evaluation ofthe relative success of different Come Home messagesand mediums, including by creating a collectivedatabase of all returnees from the LRA thattracks what factors influenced their escape.LOOSENING KONY’S GRIP | 6
To donors• Fund the construction or expansion, with accompanyinglocal capacity building to broadcast ComeHome messages, of community FM radio stationsin Bakouma and Bangassou, CAR; Ango, Congo;and Raga, South Sudan;• Increase funding for organizations such as GuluSupport the Children Organization (GUSCO),World Vision, and others that provide medical andpsychosocial assistance to Ugandan LRA returnees;• Increase funding for livelihoods projects in northernUganda that benefit LRA returnees, includingformer male combatants, as well as host communities;• Increase funding for reintegration programs inCAR, Congo, and South Sudan that support community-ledprojects that benefit both LRA escapeesand communities victimized by LRA violence;• Ensure that reintegration programs in CAR, Congo,and South Sudan provide support for adultescapees, particularly those living in remote ruralareas;• Provide funds for a comprehensive mapping ofthe LRA command structure and combatant force,combining existing information with supplementaryresearch.LOOSENING KONY’S GRIP | 7
Page 1 and 2: LOOSENING KONY’S GRIPEffective De
Page 3 and 4: ABOUTPublished© July 2013 The Reso
Page 5: escape, discourages many from defec
Page 9 and 10: I. INTRODUCTIONThe overall situatio
Page 11 and 12: II. THE FINAL CHAPTER?The LRA of 20
Page 13 and 14: Map: Estimated location of LRA grou
Page 15 and 16: C. Kony and LRA command dynamicsThe
Page 17 and 18: or no contact with one another.Ther
Page 19 and 20: III. HOMEWARD BOUNDDebating Defecti
Page 21 and 22: the majority of LRA members seek on
Page 23 and 24: dan LRA fighters as scouts immediat
Page 25 and 26: 2. Reintegration support for non-Ug
Page 27 and 28: IV. A REGION IN CHAOSThe Context fo
Page 29 and 30: chaos that emboldens bandits, rogue
Page 31 and 32: 1. Standing up the AU RTFHaving fai
Page 33: ited to passive measures in that th
Page 37 and 38: staff in Bangui with improved field
Page 39 and 40: function in spite of the coup. Othe
Page 41 and 42: to respond immediately to the count
Page 43 and 44: cal care they received. Such messag
Page 45 and 46: Map: FM radio Come Home broadcast c
Page 47 and 48: attempt escape.But given that most
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Page 51 and 52: locations be attacked. 101In SRS lo
Page 53 and 54: satellite or mobile phones, crackin
Page 55 and 56: ANNEX I. ESTIMATED LRA COMPOSITIONE
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C. LRA groups in CAR and Kafia King
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tion in October 2007. LRA defectors
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C. LRA commanders in CAR and Kafia
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