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Uganda may give amnesty to a top Joseph Kony associate arrested last week, a government official said, in an arrangement that would disappoint activists who want Caesar Acellam tried for Lord's Resistance Army atrocities.Defense Minister Crispus Kiyonga said late Monday the circumstances of Acellam's arrest -- whether he was captured or gave himself up -- would be crucial to a possible decision to pardon the most powerful LRA commander to have left the bush."First, we are waiting for him to be brought back to Uganda to get clarity on the circumstances under which he was captured," Kiyonga said. "Let's wait. We assess each (amnesty) case on its merit. We are waiting for him to arrive and then we will take a cool-headed decision."Acellam is being held in Nzara, a village in South Sudan that is the administrative hub of Uganda's anti-Kony operation. The Ugandans are being advised by U.S. Special Forces sent last year by President Barack Obama to help regional governments eliminate LRA lea...
Ugandan officials are renewing a claim made with some frequency over the years: That rebel leader Joseph Kony and his Lord's Resistance Army are receiving backing fr...
An Internet campaign that's gone viral aims to capture notorious rebel leader Joseph Kony, but Ugandan foot soldiers who have spent years searching for the man are s...
A Ugandan official says a top Joseph Kony associate recently captured in the jungle will be "investigated" and may be put on trial if there is sufficient evidence ag...
A week ago many people had never heard of a man named Joseph Kony ; and now he may be one of the most famous people on the planet. However, Joseph Kony isn't a break...
A Ugandan army official says Ugandan forces have captured a senior commander of Joseph Kony's Lord's Resistance Army after a brief fight with rebels near the Congo-C...
Joseph Kony's days are numbered as offers of amnesty have produced better intelligence on the brutal African warlord's whereabouts, a top senator said Wednesday as l...
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Friday she hopes drones will soon be able to see through jungle cover so they can locate warlord Joseph Kony.Clin...
For Ugandan soldiers tasked with catching Joseph Kony, the real threat is not the elusive Central Africa warlord and his brutal gang. Encounters with the Lord's Resi...
The African Union will send 5,000 soldiers to join the hunt for rebel leader Joseph Kony in a new military mission officials say is necessary to remove the Lord's Re...
An Internet campaign that's gone viral aims to capture notorious rebel leader Joseph Kony, but Ugandan foot soldiers who have spent years searching for the man are s...
Aided by a viral video campaign and celebrity sponsorship, the push to capture African warlord Joseph Kony is gaining a fresh round of support on Capitol Hill and co...
The leader of the brutal rebel group the Lord's Resistance Army has crossed back into Congo after having been in Sudan, a Ugandan official said Friday, while a U.S. ...
Adye Sunday isn't sure about the calls to kill or capture Lord's Resistance Army leader Joseph Kony. Though the elusive warlord abducted her when she was 13 and forc...
Adye Sunday isn't sure about the calls to kill or capture Lord's Resistance Army leader Joseph Kony. Though the elusive warlord abducted her when she was 13 and forc...
Deep in the jungle, this small, remote Central African village is farther from the coast than any point on the continent. It's also where three international armies ...
Deep in the jungle, this small, remote Central African village is farther from the coast than any point on the continent. It's also where three international armies ...
Ugandan official says a top Joseph Kony associate recently captured in the jungle will be "investigated" and may be put on trial if there is sufficient evidence agai...
Uganda may give amnesty to a top Joseph Kony associate arrested last week, a government official said, in an arrangement that would disappoint activists who want Cae...
The head of a planned African Union force to hunt warlord Joseph Kony said on Wednesday that he can't start his task because he doesn't have troops, equipment or the...