NewsTracker Answers for week of Mar. 12, 2012

Q: Uganda's Joseph Kony may have become an Internet sensation in the rest of the world but few in the African nation know anything about the intense online campaign to bring the fugitive warlord to justice. Where is Uganda on this map?

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Q: Only 10 percent of Ugandans use the Internet. But, there are some young Web users in the nation's capital city of . . .

A. Anchorage

B. Kampala

C. Khartoum

D. Nairobi

B. Even in Kampala Web traffic is slowed by routine power failures and poor maintenance, making it difficult to see the "KONY 2012" video, which attracted more than 70 million views in its first week on the Internet.

Q: Kony leads the "Lord's Resistance Army" which began in northern Uganda more than 20 years ago. But it now operates out of other central African nations, including the Democratic Republic of Congo which is . . .

A. North of Uganda

B. East of Uganda

C. West of Uganda

D. South of Uganda

C. Uganda is bordered on the east by Kenya, on the north by South Sudan, on the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, on the southwest by Rwanda, and on the south by Tanzania. Kony is accused of war crimes including kidnapping children and forcing them to fight in his army.

Q: Many have criticized the Internet campaign against Kony saying there are much more important issues confronting the impoverished region of Africa. The Democratic Republic of Congo is the poorest nation in the world. Which is the richest country per person?

A. Liechtenstein

B. North Korea

C. Saudi Arabia

D. United States

A. Liechtenstein's per capita gross domestic product of $141,100 is 470 times as much as the $300 for each person in the Democratic Republic of Congo. In Uganda the figure is $1,300, about a 37th of the $48,100 in the United States.

Q: The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) has said he supports the Internet campaign to capture Kony and put him on trial before the court. Where is the ICC located?

A. Geneva, Switzerland

B. UN Headquarters, New York City

C. The Hague, Netherlands

D. Washington, D.C.

C. The ICC is an independent international organization, and is not part of the United Nations. It was founded in 2002 to "bring to justice the perpetrators of the worst crimes known to humankind - war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide." It has 120 member nations, but the United States is not one of them.