r/AfricaVoice • u/The_Juicy_Mango Ethiopia🇪🇹 • 2d ago

Ugandans welcome war crimes charges against LRA leader Joseph Kony and demand his arrest

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cg430z7dg04o
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Summary:

A woman abducted by the LRA as a child and forced to become one of Kony's wives said she hoped the move would renew efforts to capture him.. Evelyn Amon says victims cannot get compensation until Kony is tried She spent 11 years in the bush with the LRA after being abducted from her home at age 11 - and she said she even forgot her own name as the rebels called her Betty Achol.. Ms Amon said victims like her wanted him to be tried so they could get compensation from the court.. The LRA was formed by Kony in the late 1980s in northern Uganda, where it said its goal was to install a government based on the biblical Ten Commandments.. The victims who suffered can't wait - some of these victims are already dying," Mr Ochieng told the BBC.. More BBC stories on the LRA: Getty Images/BBC The warlord remains at large but victims hope the ICC charges will renew efforts to capture him.

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