Joseph Kony: From altar boy to Africa’s most wanted warlord

LRA commander Joseph Kony

Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) leader Joseph Kony. The ICC wants to confirm charges against him, despite him remaining at large. PHOTO | STUART PRICE | POOL VIA AFP

By Dennis Jjuuko and Tonny Raymond Kirabira

Eleven years ago, a documentary catapulted the name Joseph Kony onto the global stage. The controversial film ‘Kony 2012’ told the story of a Ugandan warlord whose forces are believed by the United Nations (UN) to be responsible for more than 100,000 deaths, abduction of at least 20,000 children and the displacement of more than two million people.