Uganda's northern conflict

Abstract

If the Ugandan People’s Defence Force is to be believed, the country’s 18-year northern insurgency could soon be at an end. According to official statements, the rebel Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) now commands just 250–300 serious fighters. Yet the LRA is nothing if not resilient. In weighing up the prospects for an end to the conflict, much still hinges on its external dynamics, not least the complicating issue of the fragile peace process in neighbouring southern Sudan.