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Saturday 12 September 2015
Fugitive African warlord Joseph Kony is said to be sickly
Fugitive African warlord Joseph Kony is said to be sickly
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — The
fugitive leader of the Lord's Resistance Army is sickly and in retreat
from an international manhunt that includes U.S. forces, a Ugandan
military spokesman said Monday, citing the accounts of recent defectors
who are backing up reports that the rebel group is in decline.
Joseph Kony is possibly suffering from
diabetes, according to defectors who surrendered to Ugandan troops last
month in Central African Republic, said Lt. Col. Paddy Ankunda. That
account is probably true, he said, because Ugandan intelligence over the
years "also indicates that Kony has diabetes."
Kasper Agger, a researcher with the
watchdog group Enough Project, said he receives many reports of Kony's
failing health but it is impossible to independently verify them. The
reports from defectors suggest that the apparently ill Kony "doesn't
have the same willingness to fight," he said.
Although many of the defectors said Kony
is suffering from diabetes, some also suggested the elusive warlord has
AIDS, he said. Kony is believed to be hiding in Kafia Kingi, a
Sudanese-controlled enclave on the border of Central African Republic
and South Sudan. Watchdog groups have described Kafia Kingi as a safe
haven for Kony because African troops hunting for him do not have access
to the territory.
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The Lord's Resistance Army, which
originated in Uganda in the 1980s as a tribal uprising against the
government, became notorious for kidnapping children as fighters and
forcing girls to be sex slaves. Kony became infamous across the world in
2012 when the advocacy group Invisible Children released an online
video that highlighted his alleged crimes.
The group is reportedly in decline, with
many of its fighters surrendering or dying in firefights with African
troops across Central Africa. About 100 U.S. military advisers are
helping Ugandan and Congolese troops to hunt down the rebels.
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