Complete the text about a famous African rebel leader with the words given below. There are TWO words you do not need to use.
Who is Joseph Kony?
Joseph Kony is the leader of a Ugandan rebel group called the Lord’s Resistance Army. The LRA began fighting against the ... of Uganda in the late 1980s. According to western leaders, Kony has committed many ... against the Ugandan people. For years, he kidnapped thousands of children, made soldiers out of the boys and had the girls raped or killed. The group has spread ... and terror throughout Uganda killing thousands of people, in many cases the families of the children he abducted. Over two million people have been driven away from their homes.
Kony was born in a small ... in northern Uganda. He never completed school and when he was 25, he founded a rebel group to ... Uganda’s government. Kony is a very religious man who claims to be guided by spirits who show him the way.
In 2006, Kony was ... with 33 war crimes, including murder and rape, by the International Criminal Court. After these allegations, Kony left Uganda. Today, his LRA rebel group ... from neighbouring countries, mainly South Sudan and the Central African Republic.
Captured youngsters, who have escaped from Kony’s rebels, tell horror stories of how they had been ... . They describe Kony as a fearless man who shoots those who do not ... his orders.
For the last few years, many countries, including the United States, have tried to ... Kony. After the 9/11 attacks on the United States, Kony’s rebels were declared a terrorist ... .
In 2012, the organization Invisible Children uploaded a 30-minute film to YouTube titled "Kony 2012". Its ... was to make Kony popular and to have him ... by the end of the year. The film was a great ... . By March 2012, over 90 million viewers had seen the film on YouTube making it one of the most downloaded videos of all times.
In the past five years, Kony's campaign has lost momentum. Some political experts say he has only a hundred soldiers left in his army. In 2017, the United States and Uganda ended their ... for Kony and declared that he is no longer a threat for the African country.