(Photo credit: The Guardian)

In its first ruling since formation, the International Criminal Court (ICC) has sought a thirty-year sentence for former Congolese warlord Thomas Lubanga. Last March, Lubanga was found guiltyof recruiting child soldiers between 2002-2003.  His war crimes have now been brought to light, and the standard for global activism is being set, making this a significant step toward international justice.  Read the comprehensible BBC article below.

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We’re intensely proud of last week’s LRA Crisis Tracker launch. So, excuse us as we excitedly share with you some of the press that it’s getting.

Here are the first three paragraphs of an article from BBC News:

A new system of radio links has been developed to try to counter a rebel movement whose attacks have plagued vast areas of Central Africa.

Funded by US charities, it will allow remote communities to warn each other.

So far this year around 140 civilians have been killed and more than 600 abducted by the Lord’s Resistance Army.

And here’s the rest of the article in this link.

Now, here are the first two paragraphs of a Fast Company article…

For the past 20 years, one of the world’s strangest and longest-lasting conflicts has been unfolding in Uganda. An ambitious new crisis mapping project, the LRA Crisis Tracker, is working with African radio stations and non-governmental organizations to shed light on a bloody war that very few Americans know about.

The Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), an ultra-violent radical Christian sect, has been engaged in armed warfare against the Ugandan government. However, it isn’t your typical insurgency: The Lord’s Resistance Army is known for mass kidnappings of children who are then press-ganged into military service.

And now, here’s the rest.

If you come across more articles telling the story of the Crisis Tracker, leave the link below in the comments. (Please.) (And thank you.) - Josh Elwell