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Tonny Raymond Kirabira, PhD Candidate in Law, University of Portsmouth

Ugandan rebel Joseph Kony: the latest US arrest bid raises questions

Joseph Kony, head of the Lord's Resistance Army (Centre) arrives for a past peace talks at a jungle in Southern Sudan. Adam Pletts/Getty Images

The US, through its embassy in the Central African Republic, recently published a warrant offering up to US$5 million for information leading to the capture of Ugandan warlord Joseph Kony. The US had previously announced the bounty in early 2013. It has been on the trail of the Lord’s Resistance Army leader since the early 2000s, spending at least US$800 million on efforts to bring him to book. We asked international justice experts Tonny Kirabira and Leïla Choukroune to unpack the renewed interest in the Ugandan fugitive.

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