Caesar Achellam

Caesar Achellam was a major general in the Lord's Resistance Army until his capture in 2012.

Ceaser Achellam
BornUnknown
NationalityUganda
Years active1980–2012[1]
Criminal charge(s)Crimes against humanity[2]
Criminal statusFound not guilty

Affiliation with the LRA

Achellam joined the LRA voluntarily in the late 1980s after fighting for the Uganda People's Democratic Army (UPDA), a rebel group in northern Uganda that preceded the LRA. He had formal military training and periodically served as an instructor in military training drills for LRA combatants. Achellam spoke Arabic, a skill he used to help manage the LRA’s strategic relationship with the Sudanese government in Khartoum.

Before Achellam's capture, his relationship to Joseph Kony was uncertain. For years, Achellam's group operated in close proximity to Kony's group, but Kony placed Achellam under house arrest in mid-2007 because of his opposition to seriously engaging the Juba peace negotiations. Achellam had instead urged Kony to reconnect with the Sudanese military officers in South Darfur. Vincent Otti, then Kony's ranking deputy, convinced Kony to pursue the peace talks and openly accused Achellam of having received money from the Sudanese without disclosing it to Kony. However, following Otti's execution in late 2007, Kony exonerated Achellam and reinstated his status as a senior commander.

Achellam was taken into custody by Ugandan military forces near the CAR/Congo border in May 2012.

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References
  1. "Caesar Achellam LRA Crisis Tracker". lracrisistracker.com. Archived from the original on 2014-08-26. Retrieved 21 August 2014.
  2. "Caesar Achellam on Trial". BBC. Retrieved 21 August 2014.


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