What to Do About Joseph Kony


 

Publication Date: October 2007

Publisher: Center for American Progress; International Crisis Group

Author(s): John Prendergast

Research Area: International relations

Type: Report

Coverage: Sudan Sudan

Abstract:

The fate of a war that has crossed three international borders, displaced nearly two million people, and created the highest child abduction rate in the world hinges on the fate of one man: Joseph Kony, the notorious leader of the rebel Lord's Resistance Army (LRA).

Negotiations ongoing in Juba, southern Sudan, are addressing a wide array of issues, but until there is agreement about how to deal with Kony and his top deputies -- all indicted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for crimes against humanity -- there will be no peace deal.