Showing posts with label ugandan rebel leader. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ugandan rebel leader. Show all posts

Saturday, November 29, 2008

Will Ugandan LRA Leader, Joseph Kony, Sign A Peace Deal That Will End A 20 Year Rebellion?



Will the leader of the Ugandan Lord's Resistance Army,Joseph Kony, actually sign the peace deal to end Uganda's 20-yr. rebellion or will he be a no-show? Because he feared for his safety, he neglected to appear at previous signing ceremonies. Joseph Kony is accused of being a war criminal & he must first sign this deal before he faces the International Criminal Court to deal with those accusations. Here's more from BBC:

"Earlier, Uganda's government said it would ask for arrest warrants for Mr Kony to be lifted if he signed.

But Ugandan Foreign Minister Sam Kutesa made it clear that Mr Kony must sign the deal first before the issue of the International Criminal Court (ICC) was addressed.

"We were only prepared to talk to the ICC about an alternative method of resolving that dispute, and also of justice in the country, only if peace is going to come to the people of northern Uganda," he told the BBC's World Today programme." (END OF EXCERPT) Read the rest here: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7756218.stm

This first video shows a press conference that Joseph Kony held about a year ago.Some of the very young members of the army are questioned & you can see Joseph Kony up close & personal. He blames not himself, but the Ugandan government, for all of Uganda's woes.The second video talks about the 20-year conflict & how it has affected Northern Uganda. It is very edifying.