Joseph Kony

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — The Lord’s Resistance Army has suffered its biggest defection in years after 19 members surrendered to an advocacy group and African Union troops hunting the insurgents in the Central African Republic, the advocacy group said. Invisible Children said in a statement late Tuesday the LRA members approached a civilian fishing on […]

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Central African Republic’s government said Thursday that Joseph Kony, an accused war criminal being hunted by African troops and U.S. advisers, is believed to be in a town in the country’s remote southeast and has been talking with the president, but U.S. officials and others expressed doubt that reported talks represent […]

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The United States is looking for ways to ensure the hunt for wanted warlord Joseph Kony continues in Central African Republic despite a change in leadership in the country that has forced the search to be suspended, a State Department official said Thursday. The U.S. announced a new $5 million reward […]

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — The hunt for the African warlord Joseph Kony is hopeless without more troops, an advocacy group said Friday, urging American forces to "play a more operational role" in the vast Central Africa jungle. A year after President Barack Obama sent 100 U.S. Special Forces to help regional governments eliminate Kony, the […]

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — The head of a planned African Union force to hunt warlord Joseph Kony said on Wednesday that he can't start his task because he doesn't have troops, equipment or the necessary funding. Ugandan Col. Dick Olum spoke to The Associated Press from Yambio, South Sudan, as AU and United Nations officials […]