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Ugandan political leader Betty Bigombe recalled that Kony and his followers used oil to ward off bullets and evil spirits. Kony believes himself to be a spirit medium. In 2008, responding to a request by Ugandan President [[Yoweri Museveni]] to engage in peace talks via telephone, he said, "I will communicate with Museveni through the holy spirits and not through the telephone."During peace talks in 1994, Kony was preceded by men in robes sprinkling holy water. According to Francis Ongom, a former LRA officer who defected, Kony "has found Bible justifications for killing witches, for killing [those who farm or eat] pigs because of the story of the Gadarene swine, and for killing [other] people because God did the same with Noah's flood and Sodom and Gomorrah."

He ordered the abduction of children to become child-sex slaves and child soldiers for girls and boys respectively. An estimated 66,000 children became soldiers and two million people have been internally displaced since 1986. In 2005, Kony was indicted for multiple [[war crimes]] and [[crimes against humanity]] by the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands, but has evaded capture, and as of 2022 is still at large. Interpol have also issued an international red notice for Kony, which has been in effect since 2006. The last confirmed sighting of Kony was in April 2008.

He ordered the abduction of children to become child-sex slaves and child soldiers for girls and boys respectively. An estimated 66,000 children became soldiers and two million people have been internally displaced since 1986. In 2005, Kony was indicted for multiple [[war crimes]] and [[crimes against humanity]] by the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands, but has evaded capture, and as of 2022 is still at large. Interpol have also issued an international red notice for Kony, which has been in effect since 2006. The last confirmed sighting of Kony was in April 2008 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Kony himself is believed to be hiding somewhere in the Central African Republic or South Sudan. With their leader in hiding, the LRA's numbers have decreased to just around 100 fighters and no longer have any presence in Uganda. For this reason, Kony and his organization are longer considered a significant threat, and thus both the United States and Uganda have ended their search for him.

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 Ugandan political leader Betty Bigombe recalled that Kony and his followers used oil to ward off bullets and evil spirits. Kony believes himself to be a spirit medium. In 2008, responding to a request by Ugandan President [[Yoweri Museveni]] to engage in peace talks via telephone, he said, "I will communicate with Museveni through the holy spirits and not through the telephone."During peace talks in 1994, Kony was preceded by men in robes sprinkling holy water. According to Francis Ongom, a former LRA officer who defected, Kony "has found Bible justifications for killing witches, for killing [those who farm or eat] pigs because of the story of the Gadarene swine, and for killing [other] people because God did the same with Noah's flood and Sodom and Gomorrah."
-He ordered the abduction of children to become child-sex slaves and child soldiers for girls and boys respectively. An estimated 66,000 children became soldiers and two million people have been internally displaced since 1986. In 2005, Kony was indicted for multiple [[war crimes]] and [[crimes against humanity]] by the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands, but has evaded capture, and as of 2022 is still at large. Interpol have also issued an international red notice for Kony, which has been in effect since 2006. The last confirmed sighting of Kony was in April 2008.
+He ordered the abduction of children to become child-sex slaves and child soldiers for girls and boys respectively. An estimated 66,000 children became soldiers and two million people have been internally displaced since 1986. In 2005, Kony was indicted for multiple [[war crimes]] and [[crimes against humanity]] by the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands, but has evaded capture, and as of 2022 is still at large. Interpol have also issued an international red notice for Kony, which has been in effect since 2006. The last confirmed sighting of Kony was in April 2008 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
 Kony himself is believed to be hiding somewhere in the Central African Republic or South Sudan. With their leader in hiding, the LRA's numbers have decreased to just around 100 fighters and no longer have any presence in Uganda. For this reason, Kony and his organization are longer considered a significant threat, and thus both the United States and Uganda have ended their search for him.