Rights groups appeal to US Congress over Kony

A group of human rights organizations has asked the US Congress to put aside funds in the fiscal year 2012 to sufficiently implement President Barack Obama’s strategy to eliminate the threat posed by Ugandan rebel group, the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) in the Great Lakes Region.

In November last year, President Obama released a strategy to guide US support for stopping the violence perpetrated by the LRA, which terrorizes remote communities in central Africa. This strategy was

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