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France 24
France 24
World
David RICH

On the run for 20 years, Ugandan warlord Kony still 'active' within the Lord's Resistance Army

In this file photo dated July 31, 2006, Joseph Kony, leader of the Lord's Resistance Army, speaks during a meeting with a delegation of 160 officials and elected representatives from northern Uganda
In this file photo dated July 31, 2006, Joseph Kony, leader of the Lord's Resistance Army, speaks during a meeting with a delegation of 160 officials and elected representatives from northern Uganda. © AP, Stringer

In recent months, the eastern Central African Republic has been hit by several attacks attributed to the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), a Ugandan militia infamous for its massacres and mass abductions of children in the 1990s and 2000s. The group's leader, Joseph Kony, wanted by the International Criminal Court for more than 20 years, remains at large. FRANCE 24 spoke to Leonie von Braun, the ICC’s lead investigator on the Kony case, about the group's resurgence.

Joseph Kony, the fugitive rebel leader of the Lord's Resistance Army, has been wanted by the ICC for more than 20 years.

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