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U.S., Uganda Call Off Search For Infamous Warlord Joseph Kony

The U.S. announced late last month they'd be redirecting troops hunting the Lord's Resistance Army; Uganda followed suit this week. The U.S. says Kony's followers have shrunk to fewer than 100 people.
Joseph Kony, leader of the Lord's Resistance Army, answers journalists' questions at Ri-Kwamba, in southern Sudan, in 2006.

Both the U.S and Uganda have called off the search for notorious warlord Joseph Kony and his followers, the Lord's Resistance Army, saying that Kony's power has dwindled to the point that he's no longer a threat.

The group carried out brutal murders, rapes and mutilations, and was known for kidnapping children and forcing them to

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