After a spate of foreigners being kidnapped on its land, Kenya has sent troops to southern Somalia. Is this the end of a tacit understanding between Nairobi and al-Shabab? Also, in a rare intervention on African soil, US military advisers are being sent to Uganda to fight the Lord's Resistance Army. Finally, we introduce you to the continent's newest sweetheart: Afro-funk star Sia Tolno.
Uganda's rebel Lord's Resistance Army, led by Joseph Kony (photo), has abducted 697 people over 18 months and has murdered hundreds of them while forcing others, including children, to kill fellow captives, Human Rights Watch said on Thursday.
Ugandan Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) rebels butchered at least 290 people in DR Congo in a previously unreported massacre that took place in December 2009, UN officials have revealed.
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