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The Problem With Invisible Children's "Kony 2012"

Michael Deibert | Posted 05.07.2012

Read More: Uganda, Lra, Lord's Resistance Army, Kony 2012, Invisible Children, Yoweri Museveni, Museveni, Invisiable Children, Joseph Kony, Alice Auma, Acholi, Kony, Bv-Politics, Impact News
Michael Deibert

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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Uganda: A Brutal Reality Obscured

Thor Halvorssen | Posted 02.05.2012

Read More: Museveni, Mugisha, Uganda, Human Rights, Rafto, Africa, World News
Thor Halvorssen

In large part, General Yoweri Museveni's transgressions have continued to be downplayed because he took power in the wake of Idi Amin's butchery and disastrous civil war. But the main reason Museveni has escaped criticism is that he enjoys an excellent public relations service.

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The Death Penalty as Punishment for Being Gay - Apparently Uganda Doesn't Know it's 2009

Jenny Block | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Law, Homosexuality, Anti-Gay Laws, Gay Rights, Holocaust, Nazi, Africa, Hitler, Museveni, Hillary Clinton, Uganda, Gay, Gay-Issues, Nazi Germany, Gay Marriage, Politics News
Jenny Block

In television and film they call it jumping the shark. In real life we generally call it ridiculous. In this case the only word is appalling. On second thought, disgusting fits too.

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Child Soldiers on Film: "Kassim the Dream" (I)

Karin Badt | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Uganda, Mamdani, Museveni, Child Soldiers, Kassim the Dream, Trauma and Theater, Lords-Resistance-Army, Joseph Kony, Save the Children, Kampala, Gulu, World News
Karin Badt

The situation of child soldiers remains the same: and the finger points back -- many argue -- at Museveni himself.

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