Uganda Ends Its Hunt for Joseph Kony Empty-Handed
But according to an internal United Nations memo obtained by The New York Times, the Ugandan forces’ withdrawal represents "a significant setback" for efforts against the Lord’s Resistance Army in the Central African Republic and is likely to create a security vacuum
that the United Nations peacekeeping mission in the region "will be unable to fill with its current capacity." The internal analysis also concluded that the Ugandan withdrawal will also "bolster the L.R.A.
By ZACK BADDORFAPRIL 20, 2017
BANGUI, Central African Republic — Uganda began withdrawing its entire contingent of 1,500 soldiers from the Central African Republic
this week, effectively ending the hunt for the warlord Joseph Kony and his guerrilla group, the Lord’s Resistance Army.
defections." Officially, the United Nations mission in the Central African Republic is still determining how
it can fulfill its mandate to protect civilians in the region, according to a United Nations spokesman.
The 150 American soldiers in the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, South Sudan
and Uganda will start a monthslong process of sending home equipment and turning over their bases to the host nations or the United Nations.
With the Ugandan forces heading home, the African Union envisions United Nations peacekeeping forces in
the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of Congo and South Sudan taking on that task.
Sasha Lezhnev said that It’s a big mistake for the Trump administration to pull out of this mission right at a time
when the government of Sudan is on the hook for providing actionable intelligence to find Joseph Kony, finally,