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Joseph Rao Kony (born c. 1961) is a Ugandan militant and warlord who founded the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), designated as a terrorist group by the United Nations Peacekeepers, the European Union, and various other governments including the United Kingdom and United States of America.
Joseph Kony, Ugandan rebel who led the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), a militia that terrorized northern Uganda and nearby countries in the late 20th and early 21st centuries. The International Criminal Court issued a warrant for Kony’s arrest, accusing him of human rights violations.
Mar 5, 2023 · The founder of the Lord’s Resistance Army unleashed a wave of violence across northern Uganda for two decades. In 2005, the International Criminal Court brought charges of crimes against humanity...
Jul 27, 2018 · Described at different times as a terrorist, prophet and brutal killer, Ugandan Joseph Kony, who is wanted for war crimes, has escaped capture for more than two decades. His rebel Lord's...
Nov 26, 2022 · Joseph Kony has successfully evaded an arrest warrant for alleged crimes against humanity. The ICC's chief prosecutor wants to reopen his case. Mr Kony and the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) have killed more than 100,000 people in Uganda and surrounding countries.
Feb 28, 2022 · The Lord’s Resistance Army, a rebel group led by Joseph Kony, launched a war in northern Uganda in 1987. For over two decades, the group engaged the Uganda People’s Defence Forces, while...
Arrest warrant: 8 July 2005. Charges: According to the Prosecution's submission of the Document containing the charges, Joseph Kony is suspected of 36 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity, allegedly committed between at least 1 July 2002 until 31 December 2005 in northern Uganda.
Mar 28, 2010 · In 2005, the ICC issued arrest warrants against its leader, Joseph Kony, and other top commanders, accusing them of war crimes and crimes against humanity.
Mar 4, 2024 · THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — International Criminal Court prosecutors will present evidence to back up charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity against notorious fugitive Ugandan rebel leader Joseph Kony at the global court’s first ever in absentia hearing later this year.
Mar 9, 2012 · Kony, a former altar boy, was a young man in his early 20s when he was caught in the storm of violence that marked the final years of Milton Obote’s presidency. Obote was deposed in a military ...
