15 Sep 2025

Foreign correspondent Debora Patta in Johannesburg

From Nine To Noon, 9:45 am on 15 September 2025

The International Criminal Court has opened its war crimes case against rebel leader Joseph Kony - former Lords Resistance Leader.

Israel reaches out to Somaliland to take forcibly removed Palestinians, and Nigeria's albinism community gets its first beauty queen - significant in both Nigeria and elsewhere on the continent as there is such a stigma against people living with albinism.

(FILES) The leader of the Lord's Resistance Army, Joseph Kony answers journalists' questions on November 12, 2006 at Ri-Kwamba in Southern Sudan following a meeting with UN humanitarian chief Jan Egeland. The International Criminal Court will from September 9, 2025 hear war crimes charges against the fugitive Ugandan warlord Joseph Kony, accused of spearheading a brutal reign of terror that killed and abducted tens of thousands.
The "night commuters", one of the emblematic features of the horrific insurgency that raged for years, were children who trekked through each dark night to stay in towns or shelters where they hoped they were less at risk of being kidnapped by Kony's army. (Photo by STUART PRICE / POOL / AFP)

 The International Criminal Court will from September 9, 2025 hear war crimes charges against the fugitive Ugandan warlord Joseph Kony, accused of spearheading a brutal reign of terror that killed and abducted tens of thousands. Photo: AFP / Stuart Price

Debora Patta is a CBS News foreign correspondent based in South Africa.