Arrow Boys
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The Arrow Boys are a militia operating in the Western Equatoria region of South Sudan. The militia sprung up as a self-defense unit who get their name from their use of traditional weapons like bows and arrows which are supposedly treated with poison.[1]
During the insurgency by the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) in Uganda, the Arrow Boys were formed in Teso in the Eastern Region as a self-defense militia.[2] As the Lord's Resistance Army fled Uganda into South Sudan, the militia spread there as well in order to defend against the LRA. Although Arrow boys activity died down after 2011 when the threat of LRA reduced.[3]
