“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 [...]
May 1 2012 at 08:48am By Sapa-AP AP A 2006 file photo of Joseph Kony, leader of the Lords Resistance Army. Kampala: Ugandan officials are renewing a claim made over the years: that rebel leader Joseph Kony and his Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) are receiving backing from the government of Sudan. Ugandan forces commander General [...]
Video: Hunt for Joseph Kony U.S. Special Forces are now teaming up with African troops in the hunt for Joseph Kony, one of the world’s most wanted warlords and the subject of a recent viral video campaign. KAMPALA, UGANDA—Ugandan officials are renewing a claim made with some frequency over the years: That rebel leader Joseph [...]
(AFP) – 11 hours ago KAMPALA — Fugitive rebel warlord Joseph Kony is operating in volatile border areas between Sudan and South Sudan, as well as the Central African Republic, Uganda‘s army chief said Monday. Kony, originally from Uganda, is based in remote regions between CAR, South Sudan‘s Western Bahr el-Ghazal state, and Sudan‘s South [...]
The AU force has permission to hunt Kony in Uganda, the Democratic Republic of Congo, the CAR and South Sudan, but cannot follow him into Sudan. In the past Nyakairima has accused Sudan of arming and harboring LRA rebels, after Uganda backed the southern separatist fighters who were battling the Khartoum government. But while deceased [...]
KAMPALA (AFP) – Fugitive rebel warlord Joseph Kony is operating in volatile border areas between Sudan and South Sudan, as well as the Central African Republic, Uganda‘s army chief said Monday. Kony, originally from Uganda, is based in remote regions between CAR, South Sudan‘s Western Bahr el-Ghazal state, and Sudan‘s South Darfur state, said Aronda [...]
29 April 2012 Last updated at 21:02 ET US special forces are advising the Ugandan army in their hunt for Joseph Kony The Ugandan army says the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) led by Joseph Kony is being supported and supplied by the Sudanese government. The LRA is accused of rape, mutilation, murder and the recruitment [...]
HomeNewsNational National Share Bookmark Print Email Rating Col. Joseph Balikuddembe (L), commander of UPDF troops hunting Kony in CAR, and US Navy SEALS commander Capt. Gregory speak to journalists at the Counter LRA Operations Fusion Centre in Obo yesterday. PHOTO BY TABU BUTAGIRA Read more: http://www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/-/688334/1396452/-/avglmoz/-/
Juba — South Sudan welcomed the announcement made by the chief of Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF), Aronda Nyakairima, on Friday that his military will intervene if the fighting between Juba and Khartoum escalates into a full-scale war. This announcement comes on the same day as Juba announced it will complete withdrawal of its troops [...]
April 21, 2012 (KHARTOUM) – The Sudanese government is working on a diplomatic response to statements made by Uganda this week in which it suggested that it will send troops to protect Juba should Sudan army attack. Ugandan soldiers, who are tracking down Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) fugitive leaders, walk in a forest bordering Central [...]
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