Joseph Kony ‘receiving backing from Sudan’
“We have no relationship, whatsoever, with this Ugandan rebel and we
have not supported and are not supporting him now,” Mr Masar said. He
said Kony “is nearer to South Sudan than to us and, in any case, we
have no reason to support him. We rely on our own forces and we do not need
anybody to support us in defending our country and ourselves.”
The accusations by Uganda that Sudan is aiding Kony come as the threat of war
between Sudan and South Sudan has increased. The two sides have launched
multiple cross-border attacks and Sudan has launched air strikes in recent
weeks.
Ugandan officials have long accused Khartoum of supporting the LRA in
retaliation for Uganda‘s support of the rebel movement known as the SPLA,
which is now South Sudan‘s military. South Sudan broke away from Sudan last
year after voting for independence.
Okello Oryem, Uganda‘s foreign affairs minister, told The Associated Press on
Monday the LRA would have been long ago eliminated had it not been backed by
Sudan.
“It’s been universally known that
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