Here's a photo of David (who's also featured in Sally Hayden's thread) and Angelique, two superstars who flew into Banda, picked up the three defectors, and flew back to safety. From there they were repatriated to Kampala, and today they reunited with their families.

Thread on major LRA attack in #DRC this week. 27 people abducted on Sunday, with six children still remaining in captivity.

Yesterday the LRA struck again, reportedly abducting 18 people southeast of Banda. 13 were released soon after, but we're hearing five children remain in captivity. Counting the six children abducted on August 26, that's 11 children taken into captivity in the last week.

Important HRW report on high levels of armed group violence in and near Bria, CAR. Data from Invisible Children's Crisis Tracker project corroborates this trend. So far in 2018, more than 40% of all attacks against civilians in eastern CAR we've recorded have taken place in Bria.

The LRA has abducted at least 43 children so far in 2019, 37 of these children are still missing.

Our latest Press Release on LRA activity in eastern #Centrafrique and northeastern #DRCongo in 2019 invisiblechildren.com/wp-content/upl…

Notre communiqué de presse sur l'activité de la LRA dans #Centrafrique et #RDC en 2019 invisiblechildren.com/wp-content/upl…

Since January 2018, the LRA has abducted 112 children in eastern #Centrafrique and northeastern #DRCongo

#Centrafrique: un jeune garçon, capturé par la LRA, retrouve sa famille à Bria au centre-est du pays, après 7 ans. Il a été remis à sa famille le 9 juillet dernier par l'ONG Invisible Children. UNICEF Central African Republic MINUSCA UE en Centrafrique FIDH

Fantastic piece on trends in #LRA activity by Sophie Neiman. Includes Crisis Tracker data on continued abduction of children and youth documented by Invisible Children-supported early warning system in #DRC and #CAR.

Interested in the intersection of pastoralism and conflict in the Sudano-Sahel? If so, I highly recommend this new lit review by Search for Common Ground : sfcg.org/wp-content/upl…

The Crisis Tracker has been selected as a finalist for the 2020 #ORGImpactAwards Innovation award! Tune in on Dec. 4 to celebrate and cheer us on as PIRegistry announces the winner. Learn more at orgimpactawards.org

The article of Paul Ronan and myself on the current status of the #LRA and #Kony is (re)published in The New Vision 'LRA sells honey to survive: What is the future of the rebel force?' newvision.co.ug/articledetails…

Notably, our local early warning system and Crisis Tracker project has not documented a single attack attributable to #Kony's LRA sub-group in over a year. All attacks have been committed by splinter groups operating independently of his command.

74 Congolese children and youth were abducted and disappeared for over a year. What happened to them? 🧵

🧵 on the abduction of 74 Congolese children & youth by Joseph #Kony's #LRA group between Feb 2023-March 2024 and what's happened to the abductees since.