International Criminal Court judges will hear the war crimes charges against fugitive Ugandan warlord Joseph Kony in September after the court Tuesday slapped down an appeal from his defence team.

Sponsored Content ;The confirmation of charges hearing in the Kony case at the International Criminal Court (ICC) is scheduled to start on 9 September 2025, in the absence of the suspect, for ...

In this Nov. 12, 2006 file photo, the leader of the Lord's Resistance Army, Joseph Kony answers journalists' questions following a meeting with UN humanitarian chief Jan Egeland at Ri-Kwangba in ...

For the ICC however, the charges against Kony are so horrific that they can no longer go unheard. For that reason, it plans to hold a hearing in absentia on September 9.

Thirteen years ago, the viral “Kony 2012” video by Invisible Children catapulted Ugandan warlord Joseph Kony into the Western spotlight, exposing the horrific crimes of his LRA through haunting ...

ICC judges had last year ordered 52 million euros ($57 million) in damages, including a "symbolic" payment of 750 euros for each of the near 50,000 victims identified in the case. Ongwen had appealed ...

FILE - In this Nov. 12, 2006 file photo, the leader of the Lord's Resistance Army, Joseph Kony answers journalists' questions following a meeting with UN humanitarian chief Jan Egeland at Ri ...

The confirmation of charges hearing in the Kony case at the International Criminal Court (ICC) is scheduled to start on 9 September 2025, in the absence of the suspect, for alleged war crimes and ...

FILE - In this Nov. 12, 2006 file photo, the leader of the Lord's Resistance Army, Joseph Kony answers journalists' questions following a meeting with UN humanitarian chief Jan Egeland at Ri ...

FILE - In this Nov. 12, 2006 file photo, the leader of the Lord's Resistance Army, Joseph Kony answers journalists' questions following a meeting with UN humanitarian chief Jan Egeland at Ri ...

Kony was thrust into the global spotlight in 2012 when a video about his alleged crimes went viral. Despite the attention and international efforts to capture him, he is still at large.

FILE - In this Nov. 12, 2006 file photo, the leader of the Lord's Resistance Army, Joseph Kony answers journalists' questions following a meeting with UN humanitarian chief Jan Egeland at Ri ...