Tag Archives | Central African Republic

U.S. Offers Reward for Kony, Other War Criminals

By apushlsecurity on April 3, 2013 in Commentary and Analysis, Legal Issues & Human Rights, Terrorism & Threats

By William Tucker

The U.S. State Department War Crimes Rewards Program is offering a five million dollar reward for information leading to the arrest, transfer, or conviction of the Lord’s Resistance Army leaders Joseph Kony, Okot Odhiambo, and Dominic Ongwen. …

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Central African Republic Government Falls to Rebels

By apushlsecurity on March 25, 2013 in Commentary and Analysis, Uncategorized

By William Tucker

Despite agreeing to a peace deal only a few weeks ago, the Seleka rebels moved on CAR’S capital Bangui and seized power. Ousted President Francois Bozize has reportedly fled to neighboring Cameroon, while the African Union imposed …

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Senior LRA Commander Captured

By apushlsecurity on May 14, 2012 in Commentary and Analysis, Terrorism & Threats

By William Tucker

Ugandan soldiers operating in the Central African Republic captured a senior strategist and commander of the Lords Resistance Army. Caesar Achellam, who has been with the LRA since 1984, was captured with his wife and child after …

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U.S. Increases Footprint in Africa

By apushlsecurity on February 23, 2012 in Al-Qaeda, Commentary and Analysis, Intelligence, Somalia, Terrorism & Threats

By William Tucker

In October of 2011, the U.S. deployed 100 Special Forces soldiers to Uganda for training local forces in the fight against the Lord’s Resistance Army. Today, AFRICOM stated that U.S. forces are now working against the LRA …

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