Reward Offered for Information on Kony

By REUTERS, in New York Times
3 April 2013

Mr. Kony, who has been accused of terrorizing northern Uganda for 20 years and was ejected from the country along with his rebel group in 2005, is wanted by the International Criminal Court. The warlord and a few hundred followers are now believed to roam the remote jungle straddling the borders of South Sudan, the Democratic Republic of Congo and the Central African Republic. His guerrillas are accused of abducting children to use as fighters and sex slaves, and of hacking off victims’ limbs as a method of intimidation and revenge. The State Department said that Mr. Kony, along with aides identified as Okot Odhiambo and Dominic Ongwen, had been cited under the department’s newly expanded War Crimes Rewards Program. Under the program, the State Department offers rewards of up to $5 million for information leading to the arrest, transfer or conviction of such fugitives.

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Uganda vows to withdraw peacekeepers over UN’s Congo claims

By The Guardian, Reuters in Kampala
2 November 2012

Security minister says troops will pull out of regional hotspots, after UN accused Uganda of supporting Congolese rebels

Uganda has said it will withdraw its forces from military operations in regional hotspots including Somalia in response to UN allegations that it is supporting Congolese rebels. The security minister, Wilson Mukasa, described the decision as “irreversible” and said another cabinet minister was travelling to New York to explain Uganda’s position. In a report leaked last month, a UN panel of experts accused Uganda and Rwanda of supporting the so-called M23 rebel group commanded by Bosco Ntaganda, a warlord indicted by the international criminal court. (read more)

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African Union Troops From Regional Armies Start Hunt For Warlord Kony, Taking Over From Uganda

By The Washington Post, Associated Press
18 September, 2012

KAMPALA, Uganda — A military official says Ugandan troops tracking infamous rebel leader Joseph Kony have handed over command of the operation to African Union troops from Uganda, South Sudan and the Central African Republic. The ceremony took place Tuesday in the South Sudanese town of Nzara, said Ugandan Maj. Alex Ahabyona, an intelligence officer for the Kony operation. (read more)

The leader of the Lord’s Resistance Army, Joseph Kony, far left, met with Jan Egeland of the United Nations

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By Al Jazeera
23 October 2011

“Activists in Uganda have been inspired by the Arab Spring to organise strikes in the country. However, protests over the last six months, which have been fuelled by rising costs and political corruption, have often been put down brutally by police and the army.”

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