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The African Union has set up a military force to track down Ugandan warlord Joseph Kony.

The military force is made up of 5,000 and will cease to exist until Kony is captured or killed.  The manhunt was launched in South Sudan.

Kony’s Lord’s Resistance Army, or LRA, has been accused of rape, mutilation, murder, and recruiting child soldiers.  The LRA has supposedly gotten smaller, but is still creating havoc in Africa.

Kony and his close aides have been wanted since 2005 by the International Criminal Court (ICC).

The AU’s mission comes right after the huge Kony2012 Internet campaign.  So far, the video has been watched more than 100 million times on YouTube.