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April 21, 2012 (KHARTOUM) – The Sudanese government is working on a diplomatic response to statements made by Uganda this week in which it suggested that it will send troops to protect Juba should Sudan army attack. Ugandan soldiers, who are tracking down Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) fugitive leaders, walk in a forest bordering Central [...]
By RODNEY MUHUMUZAAssociated Press RIVER VOVODO, Central African Republic (AP) – For Ugandan soldiers tasked with catching Joseph Kony, the real threat is not the elusive Central Africa warlord and his brutal gang. Encounters with the Lord’s Resistance Army rebels are so rare that Kony hunters worry more about the threats of the jungle: Armed [...]
By DONNA CASSATAAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) – Joseph Kony’s days are numbered as offers of amnesty have produced better intelligence on the brutal African warlord’s whereabouts, a top senator said Wednesday as lawmakers signaled they will push for expanding the State Department‘s rewards for justice program to target the leader of the Lord’s Resistance Army. [...]
ENTEBBE, Uganda — The African Union said Friday it will send 5,000 soldiers to join the hunt for notorious rebel leader Joseph Kony, a new mission that comes amid a wildly popular Internet campaign targeting the leader of the Lord’s Resistance Army. The mission is to be launched in South Sudan today and will last [...]
ENTEBBE, Uganda (AP) — The African Union says it will send 5,000 soldiers to join the hunt for notorious rebel leader Joseph Kony, a new mission that comes amid a wildly popular Internet campaign targeting the leader of the Lord’s Resistance Army. The mission is to be launched in South Sudan on Saturday and will [...]
ENTEBBE, Uganda – The African Union says it will send 5,000 soldiers to join the hunt for notorious rebel leader Joseph Kony, a new mission that comes amid a wildly popular Internet campaign targeting the leader of the Lord’s Resistance Army. The mission is to be launched in South Sudan today and will last until [...]
(UKPA) – 6 hours ago The African Union will send 5,000 soldiers to join the hunt for rebel leader Joseph Kony in a new military mission officials say is necessary to remove the Lord’s Resistance Army from Central Africa’s vast jungle. The mission is to be launched in South Sudan on Saturday and will last [...]
ENTEBBE, Uganda — The African Union said Friday it will send 5,000 soldiers to join the hunt for war criminal Joseph Kony, a new mission that comes amid a wildly popular Internet campaign targeting the leader of the Lord’s Resistance Army. The mission is to be launched in South Sudan on Saturday and will last [...]
NAIROBI, Kenya — U.S. troops helping in the fight against the brutal rebel group called the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) are deployed in four Central African countries, the top U.S. special-operations commander for Africa said Wednesday. The U.S. said in October it was sending about 100 U.S. troops — mostly special-operations forces — to Central [...]
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