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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Rodney Muhumuza

ICC presents evidence against warlord Joseph Kony in first in absentia hearing

Uganda Joseph Kony Explainer - (Copyright 2017 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

International Criminal Court prosecutors will present evidence on Tuesday to back up charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity against notorious fugitive Ugandan warlord Joseph Kony at the global court’s first-ever in absentia hearing.

Kony faces dozens of counts of crimes against humanity and war crimes, including murder, sexual enslavement and rape for allegedly leading the brutal Lord’s Resistance Army that terrorized northern Uganda.

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