Uganda: Wanted LRA rebel commander believed dead

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Uganda’s military said it believes a senior rebel commander with the infamous Lord’s Resistance Army was killed last year in Central African Republic following an attack by African Union forces, inflicting a serious setback to the rebel group that is said to be in decline amid an international hunt for its leader, Joseph Kony.

Rebel commander Okot Odhiambo —who was the LRA’s No.2 commander behind Kony — likely died of his wounds after an attack in October near the town of Djema, one of at least two bases used by African forces in Central African Republic, Ugandan military spokesman Lt. Col. Paddy Ankunda said Monday.