Joseph Kony kidnapped 591 children in past three years, UN report reveals [View all]
Source: The Guardian
The Ugandan warlord Joseph Kony has kidnapped nearly 600 children in the past three years, forcing boys to take "magical potions" and turning girls into sex slaves, the UN has found.
Some of the under-age recruits were used as fighters, human shields or spies for Kony's Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), according to a report presented to the UN security council.
Kony has evaded capture for nearly three decades, kidnapping thousands of children to fill the ranks of the LRA and terrorising local populations. He achieved global notoriety earlier this year when a US-based charity, Invisible Children, launched the Kony 2012 viral video campaign.
On Wednesday, Ban Ki-moon, the UN secretary general, submitted his first report to the security council detailing the LRA's crimes against children.
Read more: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/jun/07/joseph-kony-united-nations-report
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