Joseph Kony 2012

Joseph Kony, the Ugandan warlord who's become the subject of a global social-network campaign, is evading capture amid tensions between Central African nations where his Lord's Resistance Army operates.

Perhaps you’ve heard about the “Kony 2012” campaign. Most likely some of your Facebook friends linked to a video about Joseph Kony, the leader of the Lord’s Resistance Army and the world’s biggest criminal, who’s being sought for capture and prosecution by the International Criminal Court. It’s possible you read about the video in news reports or saw it discussed on TV talk shows over the last week.

Kony and his fighters fanned out across the Central African Republic, South Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo after fleeing northern Uganda six years ago. The armies of the four nations disagree about the threat posed by the LRA, slowing the progress to apprehend Kony, said Ned Dalby, a regional analyst at the Brussels-based International Crisis Group, an independent advocacy group.