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ROSENBLATT: Why should we care about one more African civil war?

By Lionel Rosenblatt

Pentagon to transport African troops to Central African Republic

By Kristina Wong - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama, accompanied by first lady Michelle Obama, waves prior to boarding Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., Monday, Dec. 9, 2013, before traveling to South Africa for a memorial service in honor of Nelson Mandela. ( AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Obama pleads for peace in strife-torn Central African Republic

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Warlord Joseph Kony, leader of the Lord's Resistance Army, reportedly "wants to lay down his arms," a spokesman for the Central African Republic government said. (Associated Press)

Central African Republic negotiating for surrender of warlord Kony

By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Nov. 12, 2006 file photo, the leader of the Lord's Resistance Army Joseph Kony answers journalists' questions following a meeting with UN humanitarian chief Jan Egeland at Ri-Kwangba in southern Sudan. Adventurer Robert Young Pelton, whose crowd-funding scheme has already drawn criticism from a pair of Africa experts, is the latest to join a line of private individuals and aid groups who are trying to corner Joseph Kony and the members of his Lord's Resistance Army. (AP Photo/Stuart Price, File, Pool)

Canadian will try to find African warlord using crowd-funded former soldiers

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** FILE ** Catholic priest (Associated Press)

Rebels in Central African Republic hold priest, deacon hostage: report

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

Two children sitting on a church pew look back as a New Year's Day morning mass is conducted at the Notre Dame Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Bangui, Central African Republic, on Jan. 1, 2013. (Associated Press)

New child soldier fears in C. African Republic

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A churchgoer raises her hands as she prays for peace in the New Year's Day morning mass at the Notre Dame Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Bangui, Central African Republic on Jan. 1, 2013. President Francois Bozize's government is coming under growing threat as rebels vowing to overthrow him rejected appeals from the African Union to hold their advance and try to form a coalition government. (Associated Press)

C. African Republic leader faces rebel threat

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French troops sent to Bangui amid chaos

By Hippolyte Marboua - Associated Press

This photo taken Friday, April 27, 2012, shows an aerial view over northern Uganda. Some locals in Gulu in northern Uganda have other concerns that complicate the military mission of forces now hunting for Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) leader Joseph Kony, such as the fear of reprisal attacks if they are thought to be helping the authorities find him, or concerns that troops hunting him will not be able to distinguish between the regular LRA fighters and their abducted children. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

Fugitive African warlord Kony stays a step ahead of pursuers

By Rodney Muhumuza - Associated Press

**FILE** Troops from the Central African Republic stand guard April 29, 2012, at a building in Obo, Central African Republic, used for joint meetings between them and U.S. Army special forces, where U.S. special forces have paired up with local troops and Ugandan soldiers to seek out Joseph Kony's Lord's Resistance Army (LRA). (Associated Press)

Group: U.S. troops should actively hunt for Kony

By Rodney Muhumuza - Associated Press

Joseph Kony

Hunt for notorious Ugandan warlord Kony loses momentum

By Ioannis Gatsiounis - Special to The Washington Times

Ugandan soldiers trying to find the fugitive warlord Joseph Kony have had more contact in the jungle with poachers and natural predators so far. A soldier crossing a river in the Central African Republic last week was drowned and mauled by a crocodile. (Associated Press)

Kony hunters must fight crocs, bees

By Rodney Muhumuza - Associated Press

** FILE ** Joseph Kony, leader of the Lord's Resistance Army, meets in July 2006 with a delegation of 160 officials and lawmakers from northern Uganda and representatives of non-governmental organizations in Congo near the Sudan border. (Associated Press)

Nations unite for all-out effort to hunt down warlord Kony

By Ioannis Gatsiounis - Special to The Washington Times

Joseph Kony, seen in 2006, is leader of the Lord's Resistance Army, a Ugandan rebel militia that is blamed for tens of thousands of rapes, mutilations and killings over the past 26 years. U.S. Special Forces troops are helping hunt the LRA. (Associated Press)

African Union force to step up hunt for Kony

By Rodney Muhumuza - Associated Press

Joseph Kony, seen in 2006, is leader of the Lord's Resistance Army, a Ugandan rebel militia that is blamed for tens of thousands of rapes, mutilations and killings over the past 26 years. U.S. Special Forces troops are helping hunt the LRA. (Associated Press)

Anti-Kony video campaign draws criticism in Uganda

By Rodney Muhumuza - Associated Press

Ugandan rebels said to kill 255 in central Africa

By Rukmini Callimachi - Associated Press

Ugandan rebels said to kill 255

By Rukmini Callimachi - Associated Press

Elephant meat prized as jungle delicacy