Tag Archives: Lord’s Resistance Army

The Story Of Kony, Pol Pot, Gangnam Style, And Why The End Of The ‘Abominable One’ Is Near

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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From Central, East To The Horn Of Africa, It Has Been A Fast And Furious 20 Years

So, as we reported in “How Guns And Bombs Dramatically Redrew The Economic And Political Map Of East Africa”, (http://nakedchiefs.com/2012/06/12/how-guns-and-bombs-dramatically-redrew-the-economic-and-political-map-of-east-africa-and-the-horn/), after 1998, nothing would be the same in East Africa, the Great Lakes Region, or the Horn of Africa. The decision by Democratic Republic of Congo President Laurent Kabila, seen as a lackey, to expel […]

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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 […]

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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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