Hunt for Kony buoyed by capture of top aide

The rebel force remains at large in the jungles of the Central African Republic and northern Democratic Republic of Congo, where ‘Maj-Gen’ Ceasar Acellam was captured on the banks of River Mbou in the Central African Republic, as he crossed from DR Congo.

With the capture of Caesar Acellam, the third in command in the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) on May 12, the tide seems to be turning against the elusive rebel outfit, promising a return to stability in the remote triangle straddling several countries in the Great Lakes Region where it operates.

The brutal Ugandan rebel force remains at large in the jungles of the Central African Republic and northern Democratic Republic of Congo, where Acellam was captured on the banks of the River Mbou in the Central African Republic, as he crossed from DR Congo.