By DONNA CASSATAAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) – Joseph Kony’s days are numbered as offers of amnesty have produced better intelligence on the brutal African warlord’s whereabouts, a top senator said Wednesday as lawmakers signaled they will push for expanding the State Department‘s rewards for justice program to target the leader of the Lord’s Resistance Army. [...]
SAN DIEGO (AP) — A wildly popular Internet video turned African warlord Joseph Kony into a household name and boosted the international hunt for the brutal rebel leader. Can a sequel do more? That’s the burning question for the small California advocacy group Invisible Children and its follow-up effort, “Kony 2012 Part II.” The Associated [...]
SAN DIEGO — A wildly popular Internet video turned African warlord Joseph Kony into a household name and boosted the international hunt for the brutal rebel leader. Can a sequel do more? That’s the burning question for the small California advocacy group Invisible Children and its follow-up effort, “Kony 2012 Part II.” The Associated Press [...]
By DONNA CASSATAAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) – The voices demanding that Congress stop the brutality of African warlord Joseph Kony and his Lord’s Resistance Army belong to America’s children. Just ask their parents. “All three of my kids, in different context and different times, said, ‘So what are you doing about Joseph Kony and the [...]
Written by: RT March 24, 2012 The African Union says it will create a special force to track down notorious rebel leader Joseph Kony in the heart of central Africa. The announcement follows a viral video campaign that courted controversy around the world. The Uganda-led mission will commence in South Sudan on Saturday, United Nations [...]
The African Union will send 5,000 soldiers to join the hunt for rebel leader Joseph Kony in a new military mission, officials said Friday. The mission is to be launched in South Sudan on Saturday and will last until Kony is caught, United Nations and African Union officials said at a news conference in Uganda. [...]
By DONNA CASSATAAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) – A bipartisan group of 34 senators introduced a resolution Wednesday condemning Joseph Kony and his ruthless guerrilla group for a 26-year campaign of terror in central Africa that has been marked by child abductions and widespread killings. The measure backs the effort of Uganda, the Democratic Republic of [...]
In the past few days, “Kony 2012″ has blown up the internet. If you aren’t familiar with the campaign, check in on Facebook or Twitter. Your friends are talking about it right this second. “Kony 2012″ is part of Invisible Children‘s ongoing efforts to stop rebel violence in Northern Uganda and Southern Sudan and bring [...]
By JASON STRAZIUSO and RODNEY MUHUMUZAAssociated Press KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) – The young American boy sums up what his father does for a living: “You stop the bad guys from being mean.” Yes, the father says, but who are the bad guys? The child thinks, then offers a guess: “Star Wars people?” Though half a [...]
By JASON STRAZIUSO and RODNEY MUHUMUZAAssociated Press KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) – If Joseph Kony lived in relative anonymity before this week, he’s an Internet star now. A video about the atrocities carried out by Kony’s Lord’s Resistance Army has gone viral, racking up millions more views seemingly by the hour. The marketing campaign is an [...]
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