Let’s remind ourselves. One of the big news stories of 2012 was “Kony 2012”, the short documentary video by the American children rights group Invisible Children. “Kony 2012”, which chronicled the atrocities of indicted Uganda war criminal and Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) rebel leader Joseph Kony, became the most viral video in history. It notched more […]
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The Story Of Kony, Pol Pot, Gangnam Style, And Why The End Of The ‘Abominable One’ Is Near
January 11, 2013 4 Comments Short URL Barack Obama, Cambodia, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, Gangnam Style, Joseph Kony, Khmer Rogue, Lord’s Resistance Army, Pol Pot, Uganda, Yoweri Museveni Heroes & Villains, Rogue Stuff
The World According To Kagame: People Who Have Power, A Lot Of Power, Should Use It Wisely (And Who He’d Like To Succeed Him)
So what does Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame REALLY think about accusations (which he denies) that he, or at least some key figures in the Rwandan government and military, are the patrons of the Democratic Republic of Congo rebel group M23 that recently captured the eastern city of Goma? What does he think of “international justice”? […]
November 27, 2012 5 Comments Short URL Abanyarwanda, Abuja treaty, African defiance, Africans nobodies, Agaciro, aid freeze, arrogance, beggars, blackmail, Busan, carrot and a stick, Congo-Belge-and-Ruanda-Urundi, Congolese, contempt, Cotonou, Cyanzayire Aloysia, Democratic Republic of Congo, disobey, DRC crisis, Foreign minister Louise Mushikiwabo, ideologically bankrupt, Judicial Year, Kindu, Lagos, M23 rebels, Madam Ombudsman, Maj. Gen. Frank Kamanzi, MONUSCO, Mukakarangwa Clothilde, Paul Kagame, powerful countries, rape, resistance, Rwanda of Ruanda, Rwanda Patriotic Front (RPF), Rwandaphones in Congo, sanction, UN Commissioner for Human Rights, Uvira Diplomatic Shenanigans, Rogue Stuff
OCTOBER MADNESS: Can Stolen Elections In Africa Ever Be Better Than Clean Unpredictable Polls? Yes And No
One of the things that most undermines African democracy is election theft. If you look at many bouts of violence and guerilla wars in several countries in Africa – from Yoweri Museveni’s war that started in February 1981, the Algeria civil war that began in 1992 after the military-dominated government cancelled elections set to be […]
October 23, 2012 0 Comments Short URL African democracy, Algeria civil war, and pulling down transmitters, Angola, armed soldiers, armoured cars, Barack Obama, Cameroon, cancelled elections, Democratic Republic of Congo, Egypt, election theft, Ethiopia, guerilla war, high risk, insanely shameless, Ivory Coast, Kenya post-election violence, Kizza Besigye, Military Police, Mitt Romney, Nigeria, power hungry, shutting down websites, state machinery, tanks, the Islamic Salvation Front (FIS), Togo, Uganda, uncertainty, violence, Yoweri Museveni, Zimbabwe Naked Chiefs & Emperors, Politically Incorrect, Rogue Stuff
A Strange New Uganda Is Rising, Thanks To Lousy Rulers In Kampala: When Bad Political Housekeeping Breeds ‘Good’ Outcomes
There are many other roads in Uganda that are worse than the Tororo-Mbale one that I just endured a few days ago. I saw a report on one of the Ugandan TVs in April on such roads. Still, I would recommend the Tororo-Mbale road to the courts. Instead of sentencing someone to life imprisonment, the […]
June 13, 2012 2 Comments Short URL Andrew Mwenda, Democratic Republic of Congo, Fort Portal, Kampala, Mbale, Mbarara, Mobutu Sese Seko, rapper Keko, Soroti, Tirinyi, Tororo, Uganda, West Nile Arts Ne Culture, Rogue Stuff
‘Democracy’ Is Dying Or Dead In Africa; The Continent Is Being Torn Apart – Yet That’s One Of The Best Things To Happen To It (The Prequel)
Tuareg separatist rebels in Mali have taken advantage of the confusion in the capital Bamako following the recent coup against President Amadou Toumani Toure, to gain more territory. They are reported to have surrounded the historical city of Timbuktu, and wo important northern towns, Kidal and Gao, fell to them and their Islamist allies in […]
April 1, 2012 7 Comments Short URL Africa, Alassane Ouattara, Angola, Baganda, Bamako, Banyamulenge, Big Man rule, Capt Amadou Sanogo, civilianised, Darfur, Democratic Republic of Congo, Diego Maradona, Economic Community of West African States, Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), Eduardo dos Santos, Ethiopia, executed 20000 civilians, forces of history, Ghanda Koi Songhai militia, greed, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Khartoum, Kidal Gao, Libya, Mali, Matebeland massacres, military coups, Mombasa Republican Council, Muammar Gaddafi, NATO bombing, Niger Delta, Nigeria, North-Korean-trained Fifth Brigade, one-party dictatorship, post-independence, regionalism, Robert Mugabe, secessionist, Somalia, South Africa, South Kordofan, Sudan, Tanzania, Timbuktu, Tuareg, Tuareg people, Tunisia, Tutsi, Uganda, Zanzibari independence, Zimbabwe Aliens & Stars, Political Barometre, Rogue Stuff
KONY 2012: The Story Of The ‘Evil One’ Has Done Something To The Children’s Hearts; How We Got Here (Part 5, The End)
‘Perhaps Kony 2012’s appeal comes from its “superficiality”, because that way it is able to serve up emotion. Maybe young people connect more to the emotion of stories, not their complexity. And, contrary to what we grown ups think, the kids sometimes need something more than Angry Birds and Grand Theft Auto—they would like to […]
March 17, 2012 35 Comments Short URL Africa, child soldiers, Democratic Republic of Congo, IDPs, Invisible Children, Joseph Kony, josephkony, Kampala, Kony, Kony 2012, Kony 2012 video, Lord’s Resistance Army, LRA, Museveni, Uganda, Yoweri Museveni Naked Chiefs & Emperors, Robbers & Barons, Rogue Stuff
Kony 2012 Video, The Brouhaha, The Long Hunt For A War Criminal, And How We Got Here (Part 1)
“The LRA had punctured a hole in her upper and lower lips, then run a padlock through it—and walked away with the key. When they found the woman, she was emaciated, and had a rotting wound stuck around the padlock” THIS IS THE STORY OF KONY, OR RATHER KONY 2012, that sensational […]
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