At the same time Uganda announced the cessation of its search for Joseph Kony, the chief of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), the U.S. announced the reward of $5 million to anyone who could provide information that leads to Kony's capture. The U.S. is also offering a reward for information regarding two of Kony's lieutenants, Okot Odhiambo and Dominic Ongwen.

Kony and his lieutenants are wanted for war crimes and crimes against humanity; namely, the development and use of child soldiers. The LRA has "kidnapped children across Uganda, the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Central African Republic and South Sudan and forced them to fight."

The U.S. State Department's newly expanded War Crimes Rewards Program allows the State Department to offer "rewards for information leading to the arrest, transfer, or conviction of" fugitives like Kony. 

 

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