Joseph Kony Writing Task(:

Joseph Kony was born in April 1961, in Odek which is a small village in Northern Uganda. His father Luigi Abol, was a teacher and also a lay preacher at the local Catholic Church. His mother Nora Anek Oting, who died on November 10th at age 86, was a farm worker. She stayed home and looked after the crops.  He was the youngest if the family and had 5 siblings.  Kony decided to leave Odek primary school and church at the age of 15, to join his older brother, Ginoni Akello in operating a traditional shrine and became a witch doctor.  Kony often turned to physical violence when confronted about his anger and other problems.

Joseph Kony first started the LRA (Lord's Resistance Army) after his Cousin Alice Lakwena started an Army of men to try fight off the Government with sticks and stones.  Alice and her small army tried to cross the Nile, but unfortunately she was confronted by superior troops with weapons. So she fled to Kenya where she stayed at a refugee camp until she died in 2007.  The LRA, which was originally called 'The United Holly Salvation Army' (UHSA) is mostly made up of young children and teenagers. It is estimated that around 66,000 young children have been abducted from their homes and forced to join Kony's Army.  Girls forced to be sex slaves and young boys getting turned into child solders forced to kill other boys and their family to show their worthy of being in Kony's army. The Ugandan Military has attempted to kill or capture Joseph Kony, but has failed several times. Jason Russell, a film maker made a 27-minute documentary about Kony and the LRA, to try get his name out there and so people can see whats actually happening in the world.

Joseph Kony has been charged with 12 counts of crimes against humanity and 21 counts of war crimes. The LRA has been running for over 20-years. Directing attacks against civilians and the Government. The LRA has a reputation for committing crimes like murders, abductions, sexual enslavement, mutilation as well as mass burnings of houses and looting of camp settlements. Kony first started abducting young children in 1922 when he kidnapped and abducted a group of 44 girls from two boarding schools, Scared Heart School and St' Mary's Girls school somewhere near Gulu.
The US Government has sent out 100 US Adviser's to help the Ugandan Military try stop Joseph Kony and the LRA. Unfortunately he still hasn't been captured.

References:
www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Kony
www.kabiza.com/WhoIsJosephKony.htm

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