Joseph Kony
Leader of the Lord's Resistance Army
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| October 15 2024 | Scheduled ICC hearing for Kony's charges, with a court-appointed lawyer to represent him if he remains uncaptured. |
| April 2024 | Kony was reportedly settled in a camp located 10 miles from Yemen village in the Central African Republic. After 14 LRA members surrendered to government forces, the Wagner Group attacked Kony's camp, forcing him and 71 of his men to flee towards Sudan. |
| November 2022 | ICC prosecutors applied for an in absentia hearing to confirm charges against Kony. |
| April 2022 | DW News reported that Joseph Kony was hiding in the Darfur region of Sudan, allegedly giving orders to his Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) fighters from there. Former LRA members indicated the fighters were becoming tired and unmotivated, with many choosing to leave and return to normal life. |
| February 2021 | Dominic Ongwen was convicted by the International Criminal Court on 61 counts of crimes against humanity and war crimes, further diminishing the LRA's leadership structure. |
| April 2017 | The US and Ugandan governments ended efforts to find Kony and fight the LRA, stating the group no longer posed a significant security risk. |
| January 2015 | Dominic Ongwen, a senior LRA commander and one of Joseph Kony's key aides, surrendered to representatives of the Central African Republic (CAR), significantly weakening the LRA's leadership and leaving Kony as the only remaining ICC-charged commander at large. |
| November 2013 | Kony was reported to be in poor health in the eastern Central African Republic town of Nzoka. |
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