African Warlord

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  Barack Obama Nominates First US Ambassador to Somalia Since 1991

  US President Barack Obama on Tuesday nominated America's first ambassador to Somalia since 1991, when ties soured as rival warlords took over the African nation.

• China to Re-Open Embassy in Somalia Closed in '91

  China is re-opening its embassy in Somalia some 23 years after evacuating its diplomats as the East African nation plunged into civil war.

• Elephants poached by fugitives for survival in Africa

  Members of a militia run by fugitive African warlord Joseph Kony are killing elephants across Central Africa to support Kony's struggling group, according to a report by watchdog organizations that are urging the expansion of programs to encourage defections from the Lord's Resistance Army.

• France confirms death of Al-Qaeda chief Abou Zeid

  The al-Qaeda-linked North African warlord Abou Zeid was killed in combat with French troops in Mali in February, France said Saturday, ending weeks of uncertainty about whether one of the group's leading commanders was dead.

• Hunt for Joseph Kony lacks troops, equipment

  The head of a planned African Union (AU) force to hunt warlord Joseph Kony said on Wednesday that he can't start his task because he doesn't have troops, equipment or the necessary funding.

• International Criminal Court prosecutor: Kony will be arrested in 2012

  The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) says he has "no doubt" that fugitive African warlord Joseph Kony will be arrested this year because the international spotlight has helped boost the hunt for the Lord's Resistance Army leader.

• Kony 2012 part II: Sequel to anti-warlord video addresses criticisms

  Part II repeats some of the same slick, inspiring shots as the original of a young global community mobilizing into action. But noticeably missing is the voice of the organization's co-founder, Jason Russell, who directed the first video.

• Co-founder of 'Kony' video group detained in US, hospitalised

  A co-founder of the group behind a viral video about a brutal African warlord was detained by police and hospitalized after witnesses saw him running through streets in his underwear, screaming and banging his fists on the pavement.

• Kony video offers big lessons for charities

  For some in the nonprofit world, the reaction to the success of an advocacy video about the African warlord Joseph Kony can be summed up in a word: envy.