East Africa Speaks on Joseph Kony and LRA
Tens of millions have seen the Kony2012 video after US charity, Invisible Children, released the clip online - now a charity has showed the film to the people who suffered at the hands of the Lord's Resistence Army - Ugandans in the north of the country. Residents of Lira speak after the public screening...
Joseph Kony, holds his daughter, Lacot, and son, Opiyo, at a past peace negotiation meet.
Documents
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13 March 2012
U.S. House of Representatives Resolution on Kony and the LRA
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- United States House of Representatives
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U.S. House resolution expressing support for robust efforts by the United States to see Joseph Kony, the leader of the Lord's Resistance Army, and his ... see more »
Blog Entries
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Now Soulja Boy takes on Joseph Kony
Blog: Africa is a Country, Mon 12 Mar, 03:30 pm 2012
It has come to this. Musicians, especially rappers, had to wade in. Like everyone else who is now an expert on Uganda, they were quick to declare ... read more »
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Global Post Op-ed: Next Steps You Can Take to Help Stop Joseph Kony
Blog: Enough blogs, Mon 12 Mar, 09:49 am 2012
Kony 2012 poster on GlobalPost.jpg This op-ed originally appeared on Global Post. Ten years ago, I was in the same ... read more »
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Teju Cole on American sentimentality towards Africa
Blog: ... My heart’s in Accra, Thu 8 Mar, 05:43 pm 2012
Teju Cole, who just won a prestigious award for his novel "Open City", offers a brief essay, in Twitter form, as a reaction to Invisible Children's ... read more »
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Unpacking Kony 2012
Blog: ... My heart’s in Accra, Thu 8 Mar, 02:53 pm 2012
This Monday, March 5th, the advocacy organization Invisible Children released a 30 minute video titled "Kony 2012". The goal of the video is to raise ... read more »
Blog Entries
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More perspective on Kony2012
Blog: Rosebell's Blog, Fri 9 Mar, 04:56 pm 2012
I know Glenna Gordon from her time in Uganda and she was one of the few American journalists who covered the later stages of the Kony war in northern ... read more »
Blog Entries
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Guest post: Joseph Kony is not in Uganda (and other complicated things)
Blog: Foreign Policy, Wed 7 Mar, 10:18 pm 2012
Thanks to an incredibly effective social media effort, #StopKony is trending on Twitter today. The campaign coincides with a new awareness-raising ... read more »
Blog Entries
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African Reactions to the Kony 2012 Campaign
Blog: AfriPOP!, Thu 8 Mar, 05:00 am 2012
If you've been on any social media platform for the past two days, you'll know the conversation has been dominated by the "Kony 2012″ campaign ... read more »
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The #Kony2012 show
Blog: Africa is a Country, Thu 8 Mar, 04:43 am 2012
The boy had lost his brother, and as he wept before Jason Russell's camera, Jason Russell brushed back the loose strands of his magnificent blond ... read more »
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Stop Kony, yes. But don't stop asking questions
Blog: blogs.independent.co.uk|, Wed 7 Mar, 01:05 pm 2012
Northern Uganda is a place which has experienced significant ups and downs in recent decades, but all the same I was very surprised to come home last ... read more »
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You Don't Have My Vote
Blog: Sex Webcam American Sex Free Nude Cams Show Girl, Wed 7 Mar, 11:44 am 2012
You must have heard of the viral video created by Invisible Children (IC), a U.S. organization that has launched a one-year campaign (expires December ... read more »
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Uganda: Invisible Children's Jason Russell on KONY 2012
ENOUGH, 7 March 2012
Editor's Note: Invisible Children's latest film, KONY 2012, premiered online today at 12 p.m. PST. It will serve as the cornerstone of a new joint campaign of Invisible Children,… Read more »
Blog Entries
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Africa Notes: Seeing Kony
Blog: Michael Nelson, Wed 7 Mar, 09:20 pm 2012
Invisible Children is getting a lot of press for its new campaign: Kony 2012. They even have a slick movie (see below), which is something they are ... read more »
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TFF 2012 Preview - "War Witch" (Rebels, Pregnant Child Soldiers & Mysticism In The Congo)
Blog: Shadow and Act, Wed 7 Mar, 07:34 pm 2012
Timely, as one short documentary that spreads the word about Ugandan Lord's Resistance Army leader Joseph Kony and his burtal child soldiers campaign ... read more »
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And The Winner Of Round 3 Of The Inaugural Shadow & Act Digital Filmmaker Showcase Is...?
Blog: Shadow and Act, Wed 7 Mar, 06:25 pm 2012
The results are in... The winner of Round 3 of the Shadow And Act Digital Filmmaker Showcase is Faith and Dreams directed by Will Raee. ... read more »
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Kony 2012
Blog: Wild Thoughts from Uganda, Wed 7 Mar, 05:15 pm 2012
Invisible Children has come up with another powerful campaign, Kony 2012, and another powerful video that you can view here: While I am bracing myself ... read more »
Video
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5 March 2012
NGO Raises Awareness of Joseph Kony With Short Film
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- Invisible Children
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KONY 2012 is a film and campaign by Invisible Children that aims to make Joseph Kony famous, not to celebrate him, but to raise support for his arrest ... see more »
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6 March 2012
Rosebell Kagumire's Response to KONY2012
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- Rosebell Kagumire
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The editor of AfricaFocus Bulletin, William Minter, describes Ugandan journalist Rosebell Kagumire's response to the KONY2012 video as "the best ... see more »
InFocus
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Analysts have questioned the effectiveness of U.S. assistance in the hunt for Joseph Kony, leader of the Lord's Resistance Army. Read more »
