The Washington Post reports the U.S. military has set up small air bases across Africa to conduct surveillance of terrorist groups.
Report: US Expands Air Surveillance in Africa

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A single-engine turboprop PC-12, the type of plane the U.S. military is reportedly using to record video, track infrared heat patterns, and catch radio and cellphone signals in Africa.

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Joseph Kony, leader of the Lord's Resistance Army during a meeting with a delegation of 160 officials and lawmakers from northern Uganda and representatives of non-governmental organizations, July 31, 2006, Congo near the Sudan border.

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Troops from the Central African Republic stand outside a building used for meetings between them and U.S. Army special forces seeking the leader of the Lord's Resistance Army, Joseph Kony, Obo, Central African Republic, April 29, 2012.

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Anti-North Korean protesters from conservative, right-wing and pro-U.S. civic groups, burn effigies of late N. Korean leader Kim Jong-il (R), current leader Kim Jong-un (2nd R) and the North's founder Kim Il-sung during a protest in central Seoul.