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April 2, 2012

China: Africa's Other Kony

Joel Starr, The Diplomat

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By now, tens of millions of people or more know who Joseph Kony and his murderous Lord’s Resistance Army are after a YouTube video called “Kony 2012” went viral. But there’s another Kony in Central Africa that has been committing depredations for just as long: China.

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TAGGED: China, Africa, Joseph Kony, KONY 2012

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