16 civil society, human rights, and religious groups in northern Congo and Central African Republic call for solidarity with the populations of central Africa affected by the Lord’s Resistance Army. In their call, they describe the situation and outline steps that should be taken as part of a multidimensional approach to ending the LRA problem. This is not a statement from Human Rights Watch, but we believe it is particularly powerful, especially taking into account the LRA’s significant and continuing abuses over the past few years extending into northern Congo, eastern Central African Republic, and South Sudan.

34 civil society, human rights, and religious groups in northern Congo, Central African Republic, and Southern Sudan write to President Obama, calling for urgent implementation of the new strategy released by the US government last month on tackling the problem of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA).

Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International write to Kenya's minister of foreign affairs, Moses Wetangula, regarding the arrest and detention in Uganda of Mbugua Mureithi, a Kenyan criminal defence lawyer, and Al-Amin Kimathi, a human rights activist with the Muslim Human Rights Forum, a non-governmental organization registered in Kenya.