---------- Forwarded message --------- From: John Ashworth <[email protected]> Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2017 at 5:22 PM Subject: [sudans-john-ashworth] Uganda ends hunt for LRA leader Joseph Kony To: Group <[email protected]>
Uganda ends hunt for LRA leader Joseph Kony BBC 19/04/17 Ugandan troops have pulled out of the hunt for rebel leader Joseph Kony in the Central African Republic (CAR), the army has said. He and his Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) group had become "weak", and no longer threatened Uganda, it added. The LRA was notorious for chopping off people's limbs and abducting children to use as soldiers and sex slaves. Mr Kony, wanted on war crimes charges, first emerged in Uganda but fled more than a decade ago. He and his fighters roamed the jungles of the Democratic Republic of Congo, before moving to CAR. The International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for him in 2005, accusing him of war crimes. Kony2012, a video made by US-based activists calling for the world to capture Kony, went viral in 2012. The Ugandan army, backed by US special forces and African Union (AU) troops, have been searching for him in CAR since 2012. The US withdrew its forces last month. Several of the LRA's top commanders have surrendered, including Dominic Ongwen who is on trial at the ICC on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity. In a statement, Uganda's army said it had "successfully achieved" its mission to "neutralise" the LRA and its troops would withdraw from CAR. "Joseph Kony with less than 100 armed fighters is now weak and ineffective. He no longer poses any significant threat to Uganda's security and northern Uganda in particular," it added. The LRA was formed in Uganda more than two decades ago, and claimed to be fighting to install a government based on the Biblical 10 Commandments. It operated mostly in the north, where hundreds of thousands of people were displaced by the conflict. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-39643914 END ______________________ John Ashworth [email protected] +254 725 926 297 (Kenya mobile) +211 919 695 362 (South Sudan mobile) +44 787 976 8030 (UK mobile) +88 216 4334 0735 (Thuraya satphone) Skype: jashworth1 PO Box 52002 - 00200, Nairobi, Kenya This is a personal e-mail address and the contents do not necessarily reflect the views of any organisation -- -- The content of this message does not necessarily reflect John Ashworth's views. Unless explicitly stated otherwise, John Ashworth is not the author of the content and the source is always cited. You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sudan-john-ashworth" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.co.za/group/sudan-john-ashworth --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sudans-john-ashworth" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/sudans-john-ashworth. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/d/forum/southsudankob View this message at https://groups.google.com/d/msg/southsudankob/topic-id/message-id For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "South Sudan Info - The Kob" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/SouthSudanKob. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/SouthSudanKob/CAJb14optprbreQH1ESNoqgwVCwkMJfUmo%3DufYspwCp2tWAHzvw%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
