Last Updated: January 19, 2026
JOSEPH KONY
Aliases
Kony; Josef Kony; Joseph Rao Kony; Le Messie sanglant
Position
Commander of the Lord’s Resistance Army
DoB
1964-09-18; 1961-01-01
Address
Basse-Kotto, Central African Republic; Bas-Uolo, Congo (Democratic Republic); Haute-Kotto, Central African Republic; Haut-Mbomou, Central African Republic; Haut-Uolo, Congo (Democratic Republic); Kafia Kingi; Mbomou, Central African Republic; Vakaga, Central African Republic
Other Information
Kony is the founder and leader of the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) (CFe.002). Under his leadership, the LRA has engaged in the abduction, killing, and mutilation of thousands of civilians across Central Africa. The LRA has been responsible for kidnapping, displacing, committing sexual violence against, and killing hundreds of individuals across CAR...
Date of listing
2016-03-07
Program information
Authority
UK
Program
The Central African Republic (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020
Regime
UN, UK country specific
Target State
Central African Republic
Measures
Asset freeze and making available provisions, Trade sanctions, Travel bans
Sanctions Portfolio
• The Regulations impose financial sanctions through a targeted asset freeze on designated persons and prohibitions on making funds or economic resources available. This involves the freezing of funds and economic resources (non-monetary assets, such as property or vehicles) of designated persons and ensuring that funds and economic resources are n...
Official Information
The Regulations impose financial, trade and immigration sanctions for the purpose of giving effect to the United Kingdom’s obligations under United Nations Security Council Resolutions including 2127 (2013), 2134 (2014), 2399 (2018), 2536 (2020), 2588 (2021) and 2648 (2022), (‘UNSCR 2127’, ‘UNSCR 2134’, ‘UNSCR 2399’ ‘UNSCR 2536’, ‘UNSCR 2588’, ‘UNS...
Additional Details
Licensing and exception provisions are contained in Part 6 of the Regulations.
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