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Warlord Kony negotiated with Central Africa president

20 November 2013 19:38 (UTC +04:00)

Baku-APA. Abou Moussa, a UN special envoy, said in an interview that Kony may be sick and that Central African Republic president Michel Djotodia had told him this month he has sent food to Kony, APA reports quoting AFP.

"When we met President Djotodia he told us that he is in contact with him (Kony)," said Moussa, UN envoy for the Central African region where Kony's Lord's Resistance Army is accused of killing 100,000 people in a two-decade reign of terror.

"He told us that he had provided him with 20 bags of food, with manioc, kasava.

"He added that Kony had called him, that Kony has asked for these items." Kony was also reported to have asked for the creation of a safe zone for him and his fighters in Central African Republic.

Moussa said it was not know for sure where Kony was but that Djotodia believed the LRA chief was in Central African Republic, which is confronted by its own chaos after a rebel takeover in March.

Moussa said he had warned the transitional president against providing food to Kony unless it was part of a deal under which the warlord would surrender.

"We told him be careful," Moussa said of the meeting with Djotodia.