*Ali Kony and the twilight of the Lord’s Resistance Army* Not long ago, Ali Kony, a neatly dressed Ugandan man in his early 30s, was primed to take over from his father as the head of an infamous armed group that had spent the best part of four decades sowing fear across swathes of central and east Africa. Yet one morning last year, he sat reclined on a worn beige leather sofa in a small house in a peaceful Ugandan town. Pink, purple, and green Christmas tinsel hung off the walls as Ali’s children darted in and out, showing off their homework to a proud father. Ali, it appeared, had chosen a different path. Read full story: https://www.thenewhumanitarian.org/feature/2025/02/24/ali-kony-and-twilight-lords-resistance-army