ICC opens In absentia hearing against fugitive Ugandan warlord Joseph Kony

Prosecutors at the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Tuesday began presenting evidence against fugitive Ugandan rebel leader Joseph Kony in the tribunal’s first-ever in absentia hearing.

Kony, who remains at large, faces 39 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity for his role as leader of the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), which terrorized northern Uganda and neighboring countries for decades.

ICC Prosecutor Leonie von…