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Top Kony Commander Captured

AP | By RODNEY MUHUMUZA | Posted 05.13.2012

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KAMPALA, Uganda -- Ugandan forces captured a senior commander of Joseph Kony's Lord's Resistance Army after a brief fight with rebels near the Congo-C...

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U.S. Special Forces Assist In Hunt For Warlord Joseph Kony

AP | DAVID RISING | Posted 04.29.2012

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OBO, Central African Republic -- Deep in the jungle, this small, remote Central African village is farther from the coast than any point on the contin...

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Living in the Shadow of the LRA

Caroline Gluck | Posted 04.28.2012

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In the village of Bangadi, in Congo's northeastern Orientale province, you don't have to look hard to see the impact that the vicious rebel group, the Lord's Resistance Army -- the LRA -- has had on the community.

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High School Service Director Builds Homes, Improves Medical Care In Uganda

mentor.patch.com | Posted 04.20.2012

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Debbie Jarosz didn't spend a lot of time thinking about global problems while growing up. "I was a Cleveland girl," she said. "We did our vacations...

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Central African Republic: LRA Attacks Escalate

Human Rights Watch | Posted 04.20.2012

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"As soon as I was abducted, the LRA taught us their language, Acholi, and told us their rules. We had to wash three times per day, prepare the food well for the fighters, keep their clothes clean, and if we tried to escape, we would be killed."

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Kony 2012: 'Cover The Night' Advocates Local Service Projects On 4/20

Posted 04.20.2012

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The "Kony 2012" campaign is urging followers to shift their advocacy efforts from their social networks to real life. Invisible Children, the creat...

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The Hunt For Joseph Kony

Reuters | Posted 04.21.2012

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By Richard Lough RIVER CHINKO, Central African Republic, April 20 (Reuters) - A Ugandan "hunting squad" pushes through the thick jungl...

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Military Action Against LRA Rebels Risks New Wave of Retaliations

Louis Belanger | Posted 04.20.2012

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Preventing violence against the local population means a commitment to army reform, more accountability toward affected communities and development of isolated areas.

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LRA Reportedly Responds To 'Kony 2012'

Posted 04.09.2012

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The Lord's Resistance Army has issued what appears to be its first response to the "Kony 2012" movement -- a 19-page statement in which it calls Invis...

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"Kony 2012": Why It Worked

John Travis | Posted 04.06.2012

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"Kony 2012" and why people can only help if they know what is going onBy now you have all most likely seen the "Kony 2012" video and I'm guessing you ...

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Solving a Problem Like Joseph Kony

Sen. John Kerry | Posted 04.09.2012

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I love the groundswell of grassroots energy about the Kony 2012 video, but if you want to stop butchers like Kony all over the world, we need your attention and your activism every day that our international investments come under attack.

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WATCH: 'Kony 2012' Sequel Released

Huffington Post | Jessica Prois | Posted 04.05.2012

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Invisible Children has released a sequel to its "Kony 2012" film after more than 100 million viewers helped make the Ugandan warlord Joseph Kony infam...

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Ending LRA Violence: Now Is the Time

Jayaseelan Naidoo | Posted 04.03.2012

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I have read and discussed many analyses of the Kony 2012 phenomenon. I have watched the movie. I have sought out and met the team behind Invisible Chi...

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Funny Or Die: 'Law & Order' Star Takes On 'Kony Hunter' Role

John Prendergast | Posted 03.29.2012

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Q & A: On Kony 2012, the LRA in Congo, and the Catholic Response

Catholic Relief Services | Posted 05.16.2012

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Kony 2012 has been viewed over 100 million times worldwide in the past 10 days. While the media storm rages, Catholic Relief Services is continuing the work we've been doing for decades in the regions of East and Central Africa.

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The Victims Of Atrocities: Kony 2012 And Beyond

Elizabeth and Stephen Alderman | Posted 05.14.2012

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We all must do our best to support any and all efforts to stop Kony and all misguided zealots and tyrants from terrorizing the innocent. But as long as humans continue to destroy each other, there must be support for survivors.

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Unfair Criticism of Activism Behind Kony 2012

Saleem H. Ali | Posted 05.14.2012

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While physical service is likely more admirable than distant check-writing, the human resource distribution of the world is asymmetric and we need all kinds of pathways to assist those in need.

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Westerners Are Not And Will Never Be The 'Saviors' Of Africa

Ben Affleck | Posted 05.14.2012

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I believe there is no mission more urgent than to help children who are suffering and I applaud Invisible Children for raising the awareness of Kony. I urge them to embrace the opportunity before them and point advocates to where war and abducting children is still happening: Congo.

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Joseph Kony's Lord's Resistance Army Explained

Posted 03.12.2012

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If you're on Facebook or Twitter, there's no way you missed the Stop Kony video that prompted backlash after going viral last week. The film draws att...

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How Invisible Children's Kony 2012 Will Hurt - And How You Can Help - Central Africa

Michael Deibert | Posted 05.09.2012

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A refrain that is often repeated by Invisible Children's supporters is that the organization's goal is not to "get bogged down by history" but rather to "raise awareness" thus leading to "action." But what kind of action can come in Central Africa if one ignores the region's history?

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Why Should We Be Hunting Kony 2012?

Corrin Varady | Posted 05.09.2012

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The international community needs more opportunities to argue and debate about our involvement in the world and especially Africa. We need to stop for a moment and question if we are doing enough and if so, is what we are doing actually RIGHT?

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Anti-Kony Video Racks Up Criticism In Uganda

AP | RODNEY MUHUMUZA | Posted 05.09.2012

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KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — The wildly successful viral video campaign to raise global awareness of a brutal Central Africa rebel leader is attracting cr...

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Kony 2012 Video Goes Viral On Social Media

AP/The Huffington Post | Posted 05.08.2012

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KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — If Joseph Kony lived in relative anonymity before this week, he's an Internet star now. A video about the atro...

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The Problem With Invisible Children's "Kony 2012"

Michael Deibert | Posted 05.07.2012

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It is important to understand the context and the history of a region before blundering blindly forward to "help" a people you don't understand.

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Social-Media Campaign Aims To Take Down World's No. 1 War Criminal (TAKE ACTION)

The Huffington Post | Eleanor Goldberg | Posted 03.08.2012

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Joseph Kony is not exactly a household name in the United States. Of course, few rebel leaders in sub-Saharan Africa are -- even ones like Kony, whom ...

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