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Dominic Ongwen is shown sitting and wearing a gray suit while two security officers are shown standing on either side of him.

ICC convicts former LRA rebel commander

Top of The World

Top of The World: The ICC has convicted Dominic Ongwen, a former commander of Uganda’s notoriously brutal rebel group, the Lord’s Resistance Army, of war crimes and crimes against humanity. And, the Canadian government has designated the far-right Proud Boys group as a terrorist entity. Also, Canada is defending its decision to take COVID-19 vaccines from COVAX.

United States commits ground soldiers to battle militia in Uganda

Ugandan authorities counting confiscated ivory

Corruption worsens an already devastating illegal wildlife trade in Uganda

Conflict
Invisible Children, creators of Kony 2012, say they've learned a lot over the past two years.

The producers of Kony 2012 say they’ve learned their lesson, but critics aren’t so sure

Conflict & Justice

Slacktivism works to make the invisible visible

Global Politics
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Viral Video “Kony 2012” sparks activism, criticism

Global Politics

As of Friday, “Kony 2012,” a video produced by the non-profit group Invisible Children has been viewed over 56 million times. It’s a call for global awareness and action against the notorious Ugandan rebel leader Joseph Kony. But there’s been criticism of the filmmaker as well.

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Joseph Kony’s War in Central Africa — in Comics Form

Arts, Culture & Media

The World’s Carol Hills reports on a new graphic novel by war correspondent David Axe that’s using a different medium — comics journalism — to shine a light light on the still at-large Joseph Kony.

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US Military Goes on the Hunt for Joseph Kony

Global Politics

For more than 25 years Joseph Kony has forced thousands of kidnapped children to serve in his Lords Resistance Army. Now, the US military has joined the hunt for Joseph Kony.

Hunting for Joseph Kony

In March, Joseph Kony jumped into the national spotlight when a YouTube video about his Christian militia, the Lord’s Resistance Army, went viral. Six months before, however, American troops were quietly deployed to northern Uganda to fight the LRA. But capturing Kony has proved challenging – even for a hundred of America’s most elite special […]

Kony 2012: Through the Eyes of Middle School Students

Arts, Culture & Media

“Kony 2012” is still going strong. The World’s Jason Margolis visited an 8th grade history class at Cambridge Friends School, a private school in Massachusetts, to get a sense of what the students there think of the film and its message.

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