THE HUNT FOR JOSEPH KONY CONTINUES: Green Berets continue to support operations to capture the commander of the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA).
Kony is still thought to be hiding in Kafia Kingi, known as “K2” by the U.S. military, moving into uninhabited parts of CAR when pursuit comes too close. In K2, seasonal markets buy and sell the spoils of poaching, funneling them to international smugglers. Much of it ends up on the black market in Asia.
The fight to end this trade is intertwined with the fight against the LRA…
Here’s some background from 2012.