Ugandan Warlord Joseph Kony Denies Allegations Of War Crimes
Nji Che - All Headline News Staff Writer Kampala, Uganda (AHN) - Joseph Kony, a former Ugandan rebel leader who is wanted by a U.N. tribunal says he is not guilty of war crimes. Kony who is the leader of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), a Ugandan rebel group is blamed for insecurity in northern Uganda and southern Sudan. The group is accused of killing several thousands of people in a 20-year conflict with government soldiers. Kony's interview which was aired over the BBC on Tuesday night is his first encounter with the media after the group picked up arms two decades ago. Reports say more than one million people have been displaced by fighting in the north of the country. The former rebel leader has called for peace in the country. Although the group claims its principles are based on the Biblical Ten Commandments, the International Criminal Court in The Hague has accused it of killing, abducting and raping teenage girls. Reacting to the Ugandan government accusations that the group cuts off people's ears and lips. Kony has insisted he is not guilty of the atrocities blamed on his movement. He tells the BBC, "This is not true. I cannot cut the ear of my brother, I cannot kill the eye of my brother. I cannot kill my brother, that is not true." The Ugandan government says the LRA has kidnapped many thousands of children over the years, forcing them to become fighters, porters and sex slaves. Peace negotiations between the g |
