Chapter 4: Internationalization of the Conflict in Northern Uganda
The transnationalization of the LRA rebellion and the partial ineffectiveness of Operation Iron Fist exposed the untenability of the military approach to ending it. With UPDF failing to rein in Kony, there was a surge in international diplomacy pressurizing the GoU to talk to LRA. While yielding to these emerging dynamics, the government at the same time sought to narrow the rebels’ room for manoeuvre by pursuing the international criminalization of their activities…