Joseph Kony
Leader of the Lord's Resistance Army
Why Is Joseph Kony Influential?
(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Joseph Rao Kony is a Ugandan militant who founded the Lord's Resistance Army , designated as a terrorist group by the United Nations Peacekeepers, the European Union, and various other governments. An Acholi, Kony was born into a middle-class family. His father, Luizi Obol, and his mother, Nora Oting, were both farmers. Kony dropped out of school at a young age. In 1987, he formed the Lord's Resistance Army. Kony declared a military offensive in Uganda, aiming to overthrow Yoweri Museveni's Ugandan government and establish a theocratic state based on the dominion theology. After Kony's terror activities, he was banished from Uganda and shifted to South Sudan. Kony described himself as a freedom fighter, struggling for a Christian Uganda.
