One-man war

Africa | Joseph Kony uses kidnapping and rape to wage a campaign of terror in Uganda | Jamie Dean

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The notorious Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) wields a brutal recruitment tactic for replenishing its rebel forces in the jungles of central Africa: kidnapping. LRA soldiers—under the maniacal leadership of the elusive Joseph Kony—have kidnapped thousands in waves of civil war in northern Uganda and the surrounding region for two decades. Many of the kidnapped are children: Young boys become killing machines and young girls become sex slaves for soldiers in a war with few discernible objectives.

Despite African intervention, the horror continues: Kony refuses to sign a peace agreement with the Ugandan government, and African leaders believe he remains hidden in the dense forests of neighboring Congo. In December, military forces from Uganda, South Sudan, and Congo launched an offensive against LRA bases in Congo. Kony's group responded severely: A Christmas Day massacre at a Catholic church marked the beginning of vicious LRA attacks that have driven at least 100,000 Congolese from their homes.

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