In the summer of 2006 Joseph Kony, the leader of the Lord's Resistance Army, had an exclusive interview with BBC. In this interview Kony denies all crimes that have been brought against him. He claims that it is Museveni, the Ugandan President who is harming the Acholi people. However, there is overwhelming evidence that although Museveni has not been successful or even intent on stopping the war in the north, he has not committed any of the serious crimes that Kony tries to blame him for. Furthermore Kony claims that the child soldiers in his organization came willingly and eagerly as opposed to being forced as most believe. Interviews like these can be extremely important in the fight towards peace and acceptance for former child soldiers because they give unprecedented insight into this complicated situation.
This remarkable and contraversial interview can be found at:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/newsnight/5124762.stm
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