The Sudanese government has ordered its army to arrest and deport Ugandan rebel leader Joseph Kony of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), local newspaper The New Vision reported Saturday.
| "Calling all cars! Be on the lookout for Joseph Kony! That is all!" |
Sudanese Ambassador to Uganda Sirajuddin Yousif was quoted as saying that "there are clear instructions from Khartoum to our soldiers that if Kony crosses the red line, he must be arrested and deported to Uganda." The report also said that Kony's wounded deputy Vincent Otti last weekend requested some parliament members from Acholi to convey to the government his willingness to talk peace. Spokesman of the Uganda People's Defense Forces (UPDF) Major Shaban Bantariza confirmed that "it is true Acholi politicians have been contacted by Otti." Otti, now hiding in Uganda's north district of Gulu, was injured in a battle with the UPDF last month.
Earlier reports said that the Ugandan army is closing in on the LRA rebels in their new sanctuary in Kit II valley in southern Sudan. The UPDF has spread its troops to the uninhabited jungles below the "red line," the boundary dividing UPDF and the Sudan People's Armed Forces (SPAF). Kony and his supporters fled to Kit II valley after being dislodged by the UPDF from Imatong and Katire areas in March.
| Somehow, I can't quite believe that Sudan's going to produce Kony's carcass. |
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