As of February 26, 2025, the family of Joseph Kony, the fugitive leader of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), has been repatriated to Uganda from the Central African Republic (CAR).
The group includes Kony's wife, Ruth Achan, and their children--Maisa Amu, Betty Akidi, and Pope Kony.
They were received at Entebbe International Airport in the early hours of the morning by Uganda's State Minister for Northern Uganda, Kenneth Omona.
The family is set to be resettled in Gulu, while Kony remains at large with a bounty of Shs 17 billion (approximately $4.5 million USD) on his head.
This repatriation follows previous efforts to bring former LRA members back to Uganda. In July 2023, Uganda received 14 former LRA fighters, along with their families, after they surrendered to CAR authorities. Led by Major General Ali Acaye, also known as "Doctor," the group included 14 wives and 33 children.
Under Kony's leadership, the LRA committed widespread atrocities, including abductions, mutilations, and killings of thousands of civilians across northern Uganda and neighbouring countries.
Though the group was forced out of Uganda in 2006, it continued operations in South Sudan, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and the CAR. Kony remains wanted by the International Criminal Court for war crimes and crimes against humanity.
The Ugandan government has been facilitating the return and reintegration of former LRA members and their families as part of ongoing efforts to restore peace and stability in the affected regions.
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This is an article from last year if u don't know: https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/russian-mercenaries-wagner-joseph-kony-warlord-1235011454/
People actually don't know where Kony is at all, some even say he's on the border of Chad and Sudan and he's farming and selling crops
Wagner still can't catch him, they were hunting for him in the Central African Republic, which is south of Chad
"[Wagner] went there with helicopters, two helicopters, and they fired down at [Kony's camp]," says Ousmane, the UPC commander. The airborne assault was followed by a ground operation, which led to a sustained firefight. "As they [Wagner] know the bush well, they did a lot of damage, they burned the entire village of Yemen. There are small villages around it, they burned all those villages. All."
Kony was not among the fallen, the source with expertise in the LRA adds, and is believed to have escaped during or prior to the Wagner attack.
such mysterious arrests wow
what mystery and intrigue
oh hey nice diamond mine don't mind if I do
Enough wagner, here's an interview with one of Kony's sons:
https://www.thenewhumanitarian.org/feature/2025/02/24/ali-kony-and-twilight-lords-resistance-army
I've seen multiple places that Joseph Kony is old and has diabetes.
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