Adding to the alarm, a report by Dr Foster Intelligence, a public-private outfit that analyses health-care data, suggested that Basildon was not alone in being unsafe.

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"These leaks have been occurring more and more, " he said, adding that they were the worst he had seen in nearly 10 years on the intelligence panel.

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"They're adding a great bit of ability to the troops over there and a great bit of intelligence, " he said in the video, but added that finding Kony is difficult due to the terrain and poor infrastructure of the area in which he is believed to be located.

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