On the run for 20 years, Ugandan warlord Kony still 'active' within the Lord's Resistance Army

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Recent attacks in the eastern Central African Republic have been attributed to the Lord’s Resistance Army, raising concerns about a resurgence of the group. Its leader, Joseph Kony, remains at large more than 20 years after being sought by the International Criminal Court, and investigators say he is still active within the militia.

In recent months, the eastern Central African Republic has been hit by several attacks attributed to the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), a Ugandan militia infamous for its massacres and mass abductions of children in the 1990s and 2000s. The group's leader, Joseph Kony, wanted by the International Criminal Court for more than 20 years, remains at large. FRANCE 24 spoke to Leonie von Braun, the ICC’s lead investigator on the Kony case, about the group's resurgence.