On “Kony 2012″ and Invisible Children
You must have heard of the viral video created by Invisible Children (IC), a U.S. organization that has launched a one-year campaign (expires December 31, 2012) to eliminate Joseph Kony, the head of...
View ArticleKony 2012 campaign criticized for dumbing down conflict
In perhaps the most ambitious viral marketing campaign in the history of the internet, Kony 2012 looks to use the web and social media to hunt down and arrest an indicted war criminal before year’s...
View ArticleWorth a Thousand Words: Kony 2012
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View ArticleCentral Africa: Don’t Elevate Joseph Kony
ANALYSIS Put yourself in Joseph Kony’s shoes: imagine you are a fugitive leader of a rebel band in the forests of central Africa, travelling on foot and avoiding encounter with any organized military...
View ArticleRush Limbaugh Defended Joseph Kony, Leader Of Rebel Militia Accused Of...
Joseph Kony, the African strongman who is suddenly a major villain thanks to a viral video about his atrocities, has a friend in Rush Limbaugh. In 2011, President Obama sent American troops to fight...
View ArticleHumanitarian Aid Is Military Intervention
By Joel Poindexter The recent YouTube documentary Kony 2012 has become quite a sensation. It has inspired millions of people to demand, in one form or another, that the U.S. military take action in...
View ArticleBill Clinton, the genocider who just might get away
by Aimable Mugara There are some who will claim that Bill Clinton was the first African president of the United States. Those people clearly do not know that Bill Clinton is the one who established the...
View ArticleUS to deploy more than 3,000 troops to Africa
All of those troops leaving Afghanistan during the next two years will have to go somewhere, right? The US Army will deploy thousands of soldiers across the continent of Africa during 2013. The Army...
View ArticleUganda’s Oil: A Bonanza Beckons
Hope and peril for the Great Lakes A DETERMINED push by Western wildcatters and big oil companies from fast-growing Asian economies such as those of China and Malaysia may change the fortunes of...
View ArticleTime to Invade, the U.S. Military Seeking Deployment in as many as 35 African...
by Ezra Van Auken With United States officials itching to occupy another region of the world, they’ve set their sights on Africa. Since the installment of AFRICOM or the United States African Command...
View ArticleIsrael confirms plan to deport African migrants to Uganda
Interior minister says Israel will set a deadline by which ‘infiltrators’ will have to leave ‘of their own free will’ Israel plans to soon begin deporting migrants from Eritrea and Sudan, who number...
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