An Acholi, Kony served as an altar boy in his childhood.
22 Facts About Joseph Kony
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Joseph Kony has long been one of Africa's most notorious and most wanted militant warlords.
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Joseph Kony was indicted in 2005 for war crimes and crimes against humanity by the International Criminal Court in The Hague, but he has evaded capture.
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Joseph Kony has been subject to an Interpol Red Notice at the ICC's request since 2006.
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In 2013, Joseph Kony was reported to be in poor health, and Michel Djotodia, president of the CAR, claimed he was negotiating with Joseph Kony to surrender.
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Joseph Kony's father, Luizi Obol, was a farmer and lay catechist of the Catholic Church.
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Joseph Kony's mother, Nora Oting, was an Anglican and a farmer.
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Joseph Kony was either the youngest or second-youngest of six children in the family.
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Joseph Kony enjoyed a good relationship with his siblings, but was quick to retaliate in a dispute, and when confronted, would often resort to physical violence.
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Joseph Kony never finished elementary school, dropping out at age 15.
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Joseph Kony married Selly and together they had a son, Ali Ssalongo Kony.
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In 1995, Joseph Kony rose to prominence in Acholiland after the Holy Spirit Movement of Alice Auma.
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Joseph Kony has been implicated in abduction and recruitment of child soldiers.
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In November 2013, Joseph Kony was reported to be in poor health in the eastern CAR town of Nzoka.
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Joseph Kony proclaims himself the spokesperson of God and a spirit medium and claims he is visited by a multinational host of 13 spirits, including a Chinese phantom.
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In November 2006, Joseph Kony met Jan Egeland, the UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator.
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Joseph Kony will be represented by a court-appointed lawyer if he has not been captured when the hearing, the first of its kind to take place at the ICC, takes place.
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Joseph Kony tells his child soldiers that a cross on their chest drawn in oil will protect them from bullets.
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Joseph Kony is a proponent of polygamy, and is thought to have had 60 wives, and to have fathered 42 children.
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Joseph Kony was released in 1992 after the government no longer viewed him as a threat.
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Several weeks after its release, a resolution condemning Joseph Kony and supporting US assistance fighting the LRA was introduced in the US Senate, passing several months later.
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Joseph Kony 2012 has been criticized for simplifying the history of the LRA conflict, and for failing to note that Joseph Kony was already pushed out of Uganda six years before the film was made.