African Union & President Obiang of Equatorial Guinea – launches US-backed force to hunt Kony

Reuters10:16 a.m.
CDT, March
24, 2012

JUBA, March 24 (Reuters) –
The African Union (AU), led by Equatorial Guinean Preisdent Obiang, and backed by
the United States, has put together a
5,000-strong military

force to hunt down fugitive warlord Joseph
Kony, whose profile
has shot up following a celebrity-backed campaign
against him.