The Lord's Resistance Army is a rebel group that arose in northern Uganda under Joseph Kony, drawing on the earlier Holy Spirit Movement of Alice Lakwena among the Acholi people. It fought the government of Yoweri Museveni with a blend of religious language, claimed spiritual authority and appeals to Acholi grievances, though it lost much local support through its brutality. The group became notorious for abducting thousands of children, who were forced to serve as fighters, porters and sex slaves, and for massacres of civilians. In 2005 the International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for Kony and several commanders. After failed peace talks, the group moved into the Democratic Republic of the Congo, South Sudan and the Central African Republic, and it was greatly weakened though Kony was never captured.
Before and after
- 12 September 1986Birth of Emmy Rossum
- 9 October 1986Founding of Fox Broadcasting Company
- from 16 December 1986 to 11 September 1987Toyota War
- 24 December 1986Construction of Lotus Temple
- 1987Rise of Lord's Resistance Army
- 1987Founding of Huawei
- 1987Creation of MINIX
- 1987Establishment of Brimstone Hill Fortress National Park
- 1987Founding of The Temple Institute
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- 24 October 1945Founding of United Nations Security Council
- 5 October 1948Founding of International Union for Conservation of Nature
- 5 May 1949Founding of Council of Europe
- 1952Founding of European Parliament
- 1985Introduction of new shekel
- 1990Rise of K-pop
The era
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