She even went as far as negotiating peace talks directly with the ruthless leader of the rebel group and one of the world’s most feared men, Joseph Kony. Having married a Ugandan ambassador, Bigombe began her career with the Ugandan government as a Member of Parliament in 1986. One, that even if Kony is crazy, there were issues that needed to be addressed by the government and could best be done through peace talks. We would sit all night long and then eventually settled down for serious talks,” Bigombe said in an interview with Enough Project in 2012. Not being able to continue with peace talks, Bigombe went to the United States, where she lived with her two children.

Source: The North Africa Journal March 13, 2019 18:45 UTC