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Standing Office 81

JOSEPH KONY

UN reference
CFi.009
Sanctions regime
Central African Republic (2127 Committee)
Type
Individual
Designation
Commander of the Lord’s Resistance Army
Nationality
Uganda
Date of birth
1959; 1960; 1961; 1963; 1964-09-18; 1965; 1961-01-01
Place of birth
Palaro Village, Palaro Parish, Omoro County, Gulu District, Uganda
Odek, Omoro, Gulu, Uganda
Atyak, Uganda
Address
Vakaga, Central African Republic
Haute-Kotto, Central African Republic
Basse-Kotto, Central African Republic
Haut-Mbomou, Central African Republic
Mbomou, Central African Republic
Haut-Uolo, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Bas-Uolo, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Reported address: Kafia Kingi ((a territory on the border of Sudan and South Sudan whose final status has yet to be determined). As of January 2015, 500 Lord’s Resistance Army elements were reportedly expelled from the Sudan.)
Aliases
Josef Kony; Joseph Rao Kony; Kony; Le Messie sanglant (low quality)
Listed on
7 March 2016

Other information (UN original text)

Kony is the founder and leader of the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) (CFe.002). Under his leadership, the LRA has engaged in the abduction, killing, and mutilation of thousands of civilians across Central Africa. The LRA has been responsible for kidnapping, displacing, committing sexual violence against, and killing hundreds of individuals across CAR, and has looted and destroyed civilian property. Father’s name is Luizi Obol. Mother’s name is Nora Obol. INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice:https://www.interpol.int/en/How-we-work/Notices/View-UN-Notices-Individuals

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