BornJoseph Rao Kony
July-September 1961 (age 50)[1]
Odek, Uganda[2][3]
NationalityUgandan
Known forLeader of the Lords Resistance Army (LRA)
acme5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Weightone hundred eighty lbs.
ReligionChristian
SpouseThought to have 88 wives as of 2007[4]
ChildrenThought to have 42 children as of 2006[5]
Joseph Rao Kony (pronounced IPA: [ko?];[6] born nearly about July/September of 1961)[1] is the head of the Lords Resistance Army (LRA), a Ugandan guerrilla group. While initially enjoying strong creation support, the LRA turned on its own supporters, supposedly to purify the Acholi volume and turn Uganda into a theocracy.[2] Kony proclaims himself the spokesperson of God and a belief medium, has nurtured a cult of personality, and claims he is visited by a international host of 13 spirits, including a Chinese phantom.[2] Ideologically, the group is a syncretic mix of mysticism, Acholi nationalism, and Christian fundamentalism,[7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16] and claims to be establishing a theocratic state based on the Ten Commandments and local Acholi tradition.[17][18][19]
He ordered the abduction of children to become child-sex slaves and child soldiers.
[20] An estimated 66,000 children became soldiers and two million muckle have been internally displaced since 1986.[21] In 2005, Kony was indicted for war crimes and crimes against humanity by the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands, but has evaded capture.[22] The LRA operates in Uganda, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Central African Republic and conspiracy Sudan.[23]
Contents [hide]
1 Biography
1.1 Early life
1.2 Cult leader
1.3 Lords Resistance Army
1.4 Indictment
2 Religious beliefs
3 Action against Kony
3.1 Uganda
3.2 United States
3.3 African Union
4 Kony 2012
5 See also
6 References
7 Bibliography
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