Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) commander Caesar Achellam gestures as he talks to the media in Djema, Central African Republic, (CAR,) after he was captured by Ugandan soldiers tracking down LRA fugitive leaders at a forest bordering the CAR and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Uganda captured Achellam, one of the top five members of the LRA, bringing it a step closer to catching Joseph Kony, the notorious rebel leader accused of war crimes, the military said on Sunday. James Akena/Reuters
LRA commander Caesar Achellam alights an army helicopter on arrival at the army operation base in Nera, South Sudan, Sunday after he was captured by Ugandan soldiers. James Akena/Reuters
LRA commander Caesar Achellam sits with his wife, Adong Gladys, and daughter Ange Nity as he is presented to the media in Djema, Central African Republic, Sunday. James Akena/Reuters
A Ugandan soldier tracking down Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) fugitive leaders takes position behind a machine gun at a forest bordering Central African Republic (CAR), South Sudan and Democratic Republic of Congo, near river Chinko April 18, 2012. The Ugandan 'hunting squad' pushes through the thick jungle of central Africa in search of the fugitive warlord Joseph Kony. Reuters
An International Criminal Court indictment list displaying Joseph Kony and Vincent Otti from the video, 'Kony 2012 Part II.' Part II repeats some of the same slick, inspiring shots as the original of a young global community mobilizing into action. Invisible Children/AP
Passersby walk under a projection that is part of the non-profit organization Invisible Children's 'Kony 2012' viral video campaign, in New York, April 20, 2012. Invisible Children shot to prominence in March 2012 when its video on Ugandan warlord Joseph Kony and his brutal Lord's Resistance Army drew more than 100 million hits on social media. Keith Bedford/Reuters
Residents watch the premiere of 'Kony 2012', a 30-minute YouTube film created by Invisible Children, in Lira district north of Uganda's capital Kampala on March 13, 2012. Lira was one of the areas that was ravaged by 20 years of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) rebellion. James Akena/Reuters
A security officer warns participants not to affix posters on Pike Place Market property in Seattle during 'Cover the Night,' part of the Kony 2012 campaign, April 20, 2012. The controversial campaign by the group Invisible Children is working to bring attention to Joseph Kony, leader of the Lord's Resistance Army in Africa. Joshua Trujillo/AP
Two American soldiers, assist in advising Ugandan troops hunting for Joseph Kony in Djema, an operational base in the Central African Republic on April 18, 2012. For Ugandan soldiers tasked with catching Joseph Kony, the real threat is not the elusive Central Africa warlord and his brutal gang. Rodney Muhumuza/AP
Members of Uganda's Lord's Resistance Army are seen as their leader Joseph Kony meets with a delegation of Ugandan officials and lawmakers and representatives from non-governmental organizations, in the Democratic Republic of Congo near the Sudanese border, July 31, 2006. A video by the advocacy group Invisible Children about the atrocities carried out by jungle militia leader Joseph Kony's Lord's Resistance Army is rocketing into viral video territory and is racking up millions of page views. AP
A girl displaced by war fixes her sister's hair in a traditional style at Ngalima in northeastern Congo February 21, 2009. Some 19,000 Congolese have fled their villages and taken refuge in and around Ngalima as Lord's Resistance Army rebels roaming the bush carried out massacres that killed some 900 civilians. Finbarr O'Reilly/Reuters
The leader of the Lord's Resistance Army, Joseph Kony answers journalists' questions following a meeting with UN humanitarian chief Jan Egeland at Ri-Kwamba in southern Sudan, November 12, 2006. Stuart Price/AP
Thomas Kwoyelo, a former director of field operations in the rebel group Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) appears before a War Crimes Court in Gulu, 217 miles north of Uganda's capital Kampala, July 25, 2011. Kwoyelo is presently facing 53 charges of war crimes, including murder, kidnap with intent to murder, and others. Uganda becomes the first African Country to try nationally those alleged to have committed war crimes and crimes against humanity. Edward Echwalu/Reuters
A U.N. attack helicopter conducts a patrol in the surroundings of the Aba village in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) near the area where the members of Ugandan rebels from the Lord's Resistance Army were believed to be staying October 8, 2005. Congolese civilians in a remote bush town expressed relief that hundreds of Ugandan rebels left peacefully as government soldiers poured in the north east of the country. Jiro Ose/Reuters
In photo released by Invisible Children, a local operator reports security information into the Early Warning Radio Network supported by Invisible Children, to help track the Lord's Resistance Army, in Haut Uele, Congo, July 9, 2011. Invisible Children/AP
Villagers who have formed a local self defense force move during a training session in the village of Bangadi in northeastern Congo February 18, 2009. In the face of attacks and massacres by Ugandan Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) rebels, villagers in Bangadi have formed a self-defense force with locally made weapons and have twice repelled LRA attacks. Finbarr O'Reilly/Reuters
Anne stands in the remains of her house, February 23, 2004, in the Barlonyo camp north of the Lira in Uganda after a massacre believed to be committed by the Lord's Resistance Army rebel group. Karel Prinsloo/AP
A Congolese special forces soldier (l.) patrols together with a Nepali peacekeeper from the United Nations Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUC) in Aba village near the Sudanese border in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo October 8, 2005. Congolese civilians in a remote bush town expressed relief that hundreds of Ugandan rebels from the Lord's Resistance Army left peacefully. Jiro Ose/Reuters
A young girl stands inside a shelter in Gulu, northen Uganda for children who leave their rural homes at night to avoid the possibility of abduction by rebels of the Lord's Resistance Army, June 14, 2006. Some 2 million people have taken refuge in camps patrolled by the Ugandan army. The atrocities committed by the LRA are not just an issue for Uganda. The conflict has spilled into neighboring southern Sudan and Congo. AP
Former abducted Ugandan girls from St. Mary's College in Aboke who returned from captivity by Lord's Resistance Army rebels light candles during a ceremony October 10, 2005 to commemorate the abduction day. Hudson Apunyo/Reuters
Concy Lawil, who was mutilated by Lord's Resistance Army rebels in 1991, is seen at her market stall where she sells vegetables in Gulu, 218 miles north of Kampala November 6, 2007. Uganda's Lord's Resistance Army rebels pleaded for forgiveness for atrocities committed during their 20-year insurgency, but some victims said they had mixed feelings about the appeal. James Akena/Reuters
Lord's Resistance Army troops march towards an the assembly point in Owiny Ki Bul, 100 miles south of Juba, Sudan September 20, 2006. A truce deadline between Uganda and the LRA expired but fighters continue to stream into two designated assembly points in neighboring south Sudan. James Akena/Reuters
The country's membership in the African Union has been suspended, putting a freeze on the AU's military effort there to catch notorious warlord Joseph Kony.
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