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ICC allows in absentia hearings in case against Ugandan warlord Kony

ICC allows in absentia hearings in case against Ugandan warlord Kony

JUDGES at the International Criminal Court (ICC) ruled that prosecutors can bring a hearing on charges against fugitive Ugandan warlord Joseph Kony in his absence on October 15. Kony, the founder and leader of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), is the ICC's longest-standing fugitive. An arrest warrant was issued against him in 2005. ICC prosecutors are looking to charge Kony with 36 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity including murder, rape, using child soldiers, sexual slavery, forced marriage and forced pregnancy. Led by the now 62-year-old Kony, the LRA sowed fear among Ugandans for nearly 20 years as…
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Who is Joseph Kony? The altar boy who became Africa’s most wanted man

Who is Joseph Kony? The altar boy who became Africa’s most wanted man

ELEVEN years ago, a documentary catapulted the name Joseph Kony onto the global stage. The controversial film Kony 2012 told the story of a Ugandan warlord whose forces are believed by the United Nations to be responsible for the deaths of more than 100,000 people, the abduction of at least 20,000 children and the displacement of more than two million people Though most of the world hadn’t heard of Kony before then, Ugandans knew and feared him. The founder of the Lord’s Resistance Army unleashed a wave of violence across northern Uganda for two decades. Authors DENNIS JJUUKO, Doctoral Candidate,…
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