ICC confirms war crimes charges against Uganda’s rebel leader Joseph Kony
The International Criminal Court confirmed 39 charges against Kony, paving the way for a trial if he is ever captured.
![Ongwen, 45, was found guilty in February of 61 charges including murders, rapes and sexual enslavement during a reign of terror in the early 2000s by the LRA, led by the fugitive Joseph Kony [File: ICC-CPI/Handout via Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/2021-02-04WARCRIMES-UGANDA-ONGWEN.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
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A UPDF soldier checks weapons seized from LRA fighters during an operation.
UPDF soldiers gather for early morning roll call at the military base in Obo, the capital city of Haut-Mbomou. Obo also resides near the African pole of inaccessibility, a geograhic location that is the continent(***)s farthest point from the ocean.
UPDF soldiers prepare inside a helicopter before they take part in an operation against the LRA.
A UPDF officer welcomes a senior LRA officer who surrendered with two women, two fighters and a boy. This is the third senior LRA commander to give himself up.
A map shows UPDF camps in the northeastern region of the Central Africa Republic. Northeast CAR is covered in a thick jungle that(***)s difficult to traverse.
A UPDF soldier sits inside a helicopter that takes him to Nzako, a small northeastern town for an operation against the LRA.
An aerial view of the thick jungle in the northeast region of CAR where the UPDF hunts LRA members.
UPDF soldiers patrol near the village of Nzaco. The "bush", as the dense jungle is called, makes it extremely difficult to search out LRA members.
UPDF soldiers offer villagers their only protection against the LRA.
UPDF and local authorities discuss security in Zemio, a refugee camp in southeastern CAR, where the army hopes to prevent rebel attacks.
Children play at the refugee camp in Zemio in southeast CAR.
UPDF soldiers regularly patrol the streets of Zemio.
UPDF soldiers unload supplies in Nzaco.
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