Hunt for Joseph Kony, No Longer Seen as a Threat, May Shrink
By ZACK BADDORF and ERIC SCHMITTMARCH 22, 2017
BANGUI, Central African Republic — The Pentagon is poised to significantly scale back a decade-long mission to capture or kill Joseph Kony, one of Africa’s most notorious warlords, in a sign
that the United States and its African allies no longer see him as a regional threat.
A withdrawal of Ugandan troops would make the hunt for Mr. Kony even tougher, requiring
"much more direct cooperation with the Sudanese government," Mr. Ronan said.
According to the African Union Commission, Uganda has provided the bulk of the African Union
forces — about 2,000 of 3,085 — with most deployed in southeastern Central African Republic.
Sudan’s military has not participated in combating the guerrilla group and, in 2013, nonprofit organizations reported
that Sudan’s military had been harboring and supporting Mr. Kony and his forces.
"I hear that even the Ugandans are looking to stop searching for him, since they no longer view him as a threat, so why do we?" Mr. Kony
and his militant force emerged in Uganda in 1987 to fight against President Yoweri Museveni.
His troops operate in small groups spread throughout 115,000 square miles of lawless territory in the
border region of Central African Republic, South Sudan, Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
