Alice Auma

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Alice Auma (* 1956 - January 17, 2007 ) was the leader of a Christian syncretistic rebel group she founded called the Holy Spirit Movement (HSM), which was active in northern Uganda . Alice Auma described himself as a spiritual medium under the leadership of Jok (low deity mind) Lakwena , who is also the foundation of the HSM is said to have initiated.

Lakwena means "ambassador". Holy Spirit Movement was the name of the political wing of Alice Lakwena's organization while the military wing was known as the Holy Spirit Mobile Force . There was no organizational separation between these two wings.

After Alice Lakwena was able to gather some supporters behind her, she convinced the rebel group Uganda People's Democratic Army (UPDA) in November 1986 to put some of their fighters under their command. Two surprising victories over the government forces of the National Resistance Army (NRA) in November and December 1986 earned it great popularity and support, including from other ethnic groups. The HSM also fought like a regular army, conquering territories and fighting openly with the NRA. Spiritual controllers were integrated into each unit. Alice Lakwena rubbed her fighters with blessed oil, which was supposed to stop bullets, provided that the fighter's soul was pure; She also blessed stones so that they should explode like grenades. The fighters of the HSM went into the fights in cross formation and singing hymns.

The alliance between the HSM and the UPDA broke up again quickly, at the beginning of 1987 the UPDA tried to take over the civilian supply depots by terrorizing the supporters of the HSM. In August 1987, the HSM began an offensive, despite ongoing clashes with other rebel groups, to take over the Ugandan capital of Kampala and to initiate a paradise on earth. In November, the HSM advanced into areas where it no longer had public support and, after several severe defeats, was decisively beaten by the NRA 50 kilometers from Kampala.

The HSM left behind some small rebel groups, most of which soon slipped into criminality or were crushed by other rebel groups or the NRA. After her defeat, her father Severino Lukoya continued the fight for a short time and also took over part of the ghosts that had supposedly taken possession of Alice and her troop. Some of their fighters became the Lord's Resistance Army of their cousin or nephew (?) Joseph Kony around 1987 , which is still active in northern Uganda today.

Alice Lakwena died at the age of 51 on January 17, 2007 in the Ifo refugee camp of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees ( UNHCR ) in the north-eastern province of Kenya , where her asylum had been granted.

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SURNAME Auma, Alice
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Jok; Lakewana
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Ugandan rebel leader
DATE OF BIRTH 1956
DATE OF DEATH January 17, 2007