The Ugandan "hunting squad" pushes through the thick jungle of central Africa in search of the fugitive warlord Joseph Kony. The 58-man special operations group, codenamed 77-kilo, is at the forefront of a reinvigorated international drive to close the net on the sadistic Kony and the remnants of his depleted LRA rebel group.
For Ugandan soldiers tasked with catching Joseph Kony, the real threat is not the elusive Central Africa warlord and his brutal gang. Encounters between Ugandan troops and Lord's Resistance Army rebels are so rare that the Kony hunters worry about other things when they walk the jungle: armed poachers, wild beasts, honey bees, and even a widely-ranging fly that torments their ears during day.
Ugandan soldiers, who are tracking down Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) fugitive leaders, walk in a forest bordering Central African Republic (CAR), South Sudan and Democratic Republic of Congo, near river Chinko April 19, 2012.
Ugandan soldiers, who tracking down Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) fugitive leaders, walk at a forest bordering Central African Republic (CAR), South Sudan and Democratic Republic of Congo, near river Chinko April 19, 2012.
Ugandan soldiers, who are tracking down Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) fugitive leaders, walk at a forest bordering Central African Republic (CAR), South Sudan and Democratic Republic of Congo, near river Chinko April 19, 2012
Ugandan soldiers, who are tracking down Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) fugitive leaders, pose with a dead snake in a forest bordering Central African Republic (CAR), South Sudan and Democratic Republic of Congo, near the river Chinko April 19, 2012
In this photo of Thursday April 19, 2012 Ugandan soldiers hunting for Joseph Kony walk through the jungle near River Vovodo, Central African Republic .
Ugandan soldiers, who are tracking down Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) fugitive leaders, walk at a forest bordering Central African Republic (CAR), South Sudan and Democratic Republic of Congo, near river Chinko April 18, 2012.
Ugandan soldiers, who are tracking down Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) fugitive leaders, walk at a forest bordering Central African Republic (CAR), South Sudan and Democratic Republic of Congo, near river Chinko April 18, 2012.
In this photo of Friday April 20, 2012 Ugandan soldiers working as technicians request a military helicopter to bring them water deep inside the Central African Republic jungle.