Can you crowd fund a manhunt for Joseph Kony?


November 5, 2013 at 3:30p.m.

Can you crowd fund a manhunt for Joseph Kony?

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Can you crowd-fund the hunt for a war criminal on the run deep in Africa’s jungles? A Canadian adventurer with experiences in Afghanistan and Somalia wants to do just that: raise funds and take a small band of former soldiers to find Joseph Kony. Robert Young Pelton, whose plan has already drawn criticism from a pair of Africa experts, is the latest to join a line of private individuals and aid groups who are trying to corner the alleged mass murderer and members of his Lord’s Resistance Army. Kony remains elusive despite the deployment by President Barack Obama in late 2011 of 100 U.S. special forces to aid the hunt – which is mostly carried out by Ugandan troops and the efforts by myriad private groups.