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Africa: Is LRA Rebel Leader Joseph Kony Hiding in Darfur?
DW, 14 April 2022
Former child soldiers are providing new information about the leader of the notorious Lord's Resistance Army. The evasive Kony has been on the run since 2005 when the ICC issued an… Read more »
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Uganda: Memories of LRA War Haunt Survivors as They Struggle for Their Identity, Livelihood
East African, 28 August 2021
For all her life, 23-year-old Josephine Atimotek has either been on the run from bullets or struggling to survive tough challenges. Read more »
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Central Africa: The Enduring Harm Inflicted By the Lord's Resistance Army
The New Humanitarian, 11 August 2020
'People don't sleep well at night. They cannot live in peace.' Read more »
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East Africa: Kony's Rebels Remain a Threat, But They're Also Selling Honey to Get By
African Arguments, 10 March 2020
The LRA has gone from a fearsome fighting force to a small band struggling to survive. Is now the moment to finally end the group? Read more »
Wanted Rebel Leader Kony Might be Hiding in Sudan - Witness
Former child soldiers are providing new information about the leader of the notorious Lord's Resistance Army. The evasive Kony has been on the run since 2005 when the ICC issued an arrest warrant for him.
U.S. special agents, UN soldiers, an African Union (AU) task force backed by members of the armies in the countries where the LRA operates have been searching for Kony since then with no success.
In 2013, Uganda suspended the search, claiming that Kony was no longer a threat due to the shrunken numbers of his rebel force.
DW correspondent in the Central African Republic (CAR), Jean Fernand Koena, who spoke with numerous former child soldiers recruited by Kony, considers the statements of 15-year-old Mbolifouko to be credible.
In addition, other former child soldiers who have fled in recent weeks to the city of Obo, in the east of the CAR, have confirmed that Kony is in Darfur, in western Sudan.
InFocus
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The U.S has announced a reward of U.S.$5 million for any leads on Joseph Kony, leader of the Lord's Resistance Army, so that he can answer for crimes against humanity, c Read more »
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A new report by an American advocacy group says the leader of the Lord's Resistance Army, Joseph Kony, is losing control over the rebels that for decades have wrought havoc ... Read more »
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The Lord's Resistance Army rebel commander, Joseph Kony, is increasingly amassing resources through lucrative deals in ivory from the DR Congo with Arab countries, a defector has ... Read more »
The International Criminal Court (ICC) building in The Hague in 2019.
