In
some of the best news to come out of Central Africa in a long time, it was
reported that Joseph Kony, the leader of the so-called Lords Resistance Army,
which has terrorized Uganda for decades and utilized child soldiers who are
kidnapped from their families, may be willing to give himself up to authorities
in Central African Republic.
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| (AP Photo) Joseph Kony |
ABC News reports that A government official says
Kony has been located in the Central African Republic, which is now negotiating
his surrender.
Kony has long been sought by the
International Criminal Court for crimes against humanity for mass killings,
child kidnapping (to build his army) and torture. US Special Forces were sent by President
Obama into Uganda and other parts of the region two years ago to hunt Kony
down. He is a special kind of evil and
may be the devil incarnate. If he comes
in from the jungle and gives up the fight, it will begin the end of a horrible
chapter in that part of the world and work on bringing the child soldiers back
into society can begin. Hopefully the reports are right and he is coming in and
is very sick and dies soon. The world
can do without him and his evil.
Full Story and photo source: http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2013/11/warlord-joseph-kony-may-be-willing-to-surrender/
Earlier coverage on Lords
Resistance Army and Kony: http://www.un.org/events/tenstories/06/story.asp?storyID=100
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