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We continue to discuss our concerns about the whereabouts of Joseph Kony with all governments in the region, including with the government of Sudan, and we have encouraged Sudan to cooperate with regional efforts to counter the LRA
The enclave is currently controlled by Sudan, and numerous eyewitness reports indicate that elements of the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) in Kafia Kingi have actively sheltered senior LRA commanders there and provided them with limited material support ... According to LRA defectors and other sources, LRA leader Joseph Kony himself first traveled to the Kafia Kingi enclave in 2010. He returned to Kafia Kingi in 2011 and was present there throughout parts of 2012.More quotes »
Newsday's coverage
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US to seek ways to continue helping hunt for Kony
negotiations ... succeed. On this issue I think there's broad common ground. Everyone wants to see the end of the threat of Joseph Kony."Along with the reward for Kony, the Obama administration announced up to $5 million in rewards for two of Kony's top aides Read more »
Around the web
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Kony's LRA has killed more than 100,000: UN
Kony, left, leader of the Lords Resistance Army on Aug. 1, 2006 near Gulu in Northern Uganda. UNITED NATIONS — The Lord's Resistance Army has killed more than 100,000 people during a reign of terror in Central Africa over the past 25 years, UN leader Ban Ki-moon from The Middletown Press Read more »
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CAR Instability Helps Lord's Resistance Army Regroup
rebel rule in Bangui, an African Union task force against the LRA is awaiting fresh rules of engagement in their pursuit of Joseph Kony. US Army special forces Master Sergeant speaks with troops from the Central African Republic and Uganda, in Obo where US from Voice of America Read more »
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5 reasons why Sudan's Nafie ali Nafie is not welcome in the United States
recently indicated that the information “isn’t worth the spit on your shoe.” If the U.S. is seeking Mali extremists, Joseph Kony and others, surely more reliable and appropriate sources and allies are available. Working with the host government of terrorists from Sudan Tribute Read more »
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FDL Book Salon Welcomes David Axe, Army of God: Joseph Kony’s War in Central Africa
Axe’s narrative lays plain just how hard a nut the LRA is to crack. Emerging in Uganda in 1986, the LRA and its brutal leader, Joseph Kony, have taken advantage of the porous borders and densely forested terrain in central Africa to evade capture by the series from Firedoglake Read more »
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Activism Debate Continues with de Waal's Latest Salvo
awareness with regards to genocide in Darfur, rape and conflict minerals in the DR Congo and the atrocities committed by Joseph Kony and the LRA. But Tufts University academic Alex de Waal is not a fan. The head of the World Peace Foundation sought to reclaim from Humanitarian News Read more »
