Joseph Kony (Kony Captured)

Joseph R. Kony (b. August 1961) was the leader of the Lord's Resistance Army, a guerrilla group that formerly operated in Uganda, South Sudan, and the Democratic Republic of Congo. While initially purporting to fight against government suppression, the LRA allegedly turned against Kony's own supporters, supposedly to "purify" the Acholi people and turn Uganda into a theocracy. Kony proclaims himself the spokesperson of God and a spirit medium and claims he is visited by a multinational host of 13 spirits, including a Chinese phantom.

Kony has been accused by government entities of ordering the abduction of children to become child soldiers and sex slaves. In 2005, the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands issued an arrest for Kony for crimes against humanity but has evaded capture. On March 5, 2012, he was the subject of the documentary entitled Kony 2012, produced by Invisible Children. He was made known to the world as well as with his atrocities. Even before the release of the video, U.S. President Obama had deployed Special Forces to act on advisory capacity for the Ugandan military against the LRA. While the fame of Kony 2012 fluctuated and the Cover the Night campaign was smaller than what was expected, U.S. intelligence were able to pinpoint Kony's location in Central Africa by June 25th, 2012.

A team of Ugandan soldiers, backed by U.S. Special Forces, drone and satellite coverage, and UH-1Y Venoms and V-22 Ospreys, Kony was captured as he was surrounded. He was later taken to the Hague, Netherlands to await for trial. His child soldiers were taken to UN Camps for rehabilitation and blending back to normal society.