Kony 2012

Commentary: What Happened to Kony 2012?

All social media activism isn't created equal.
11/09/2012

Group: U.S. Troops Should Actively Hunt for Kony

Enough Project wants U.S. to find Joseph Kony.
11/09/2012
Mali Coup Leader Revokes, Then Reinstates Constitution - Within just one week, the leader of a military coup in Mali proffered a new constitution and later, under international pressure to hand over power, reinstated the original constitution and government institutions. Also, Alassane Ouattara, current head of West African regional body ECOWAS, said the body had closed borders to trade and frozen Mali's access to bank accounts.(Photo: REUTERS/Luc Gnago)

World Lens — Week in Review: April 3

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Kony 2012 Sequel to Be Released - Invisible Children, the group behind the viral Kony 2012 video, says it will release a sequel to the high-impact film later this week.According to Invisible Children’s blog, Kony 2012 Part II will premiere Tuesday, April 3, and includes an update for supporters who have planned to join in the group’s “Cover the Night” demonstration.(Photo: Courtesy invisiblechildren.com)

Kony 2012 Sequel to Be Released

Supporters asked to canvas neighborhoods with posters.
04/02/2012
African Union Force to Step Up Hunt for Kony - The African Union announced its plans to send 5,000 soldiers to join the hunt for notorious rebel leader Joseph Kony, a new mission that comes amid a wildly popular Internet campaign targeting the leader of the Lord's Resistance Army.(Photo: AP)

African Union Force to Step Up Hunt for Kony

The A.U. will lend 5,000 soldiers to the manhunt.
03/23/2012
Nigeria Fashion Week Highlights African Designers - Last week, styles from African fashion designers turned heads at the ARISE Magazine Fashion Week in Lagos, Nigeria. The weeklong celebration, now in its second year, highlighted the work of 77 mostly African or Africa-influenced designers.(Photo: AP Photos/Sunday Alamba)

World Lens — Week in Review: March 20

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Some Ugandans Aren't Feeling Kony 2012 - The Kony 2012 video that took the Internet by storm with its impassioned appeal to support the ongoing hunt of rebel leader Joseph Kony ruffled feathers in the northern Ugandan town of Lira.Some viewers walked out in the middle of a public screening of the documentary and others threw stones at the screen in protest of what some called a celebration of their suffering.Uganda's prime minister Amama Mbabazi also railed against the video stating, "The Kony 2012 campaign fails to make one crucial point clear. Joseph Kony is not in Uganda." He added that Uganda was on Kony's trail and did not "need a slick video on YouTube... to take notice."Days later, Jason Russell, director of the video, was taken into custody and hospitalized after he stripped naked and ran through the busy streets of San Diego screaming "You're the devil" and other graphic obscenities. (Photo: REUTERS/James Akena)

Some Ugandans Aren't Feeling Kony 2012

Residents of LRA-affected town say the video is insulting.
03/15/2012
Disney Makes Black Princess Face of Watermelon Candy - Certainly it’s a coincidence that Tiana, Disney animated films’ only Black princess, is the face of the company’s new Dig 'n Dips watermelon-flavored candy, right? Maybe, maybe not. Either way, the new candy had critics up in arms last week. (Photo: Disney)

Bring That Week Back: March 14

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Congolese Warlord Thomas Lubanga to Serve 14 Years for War Crimes - The International Criminal Court found Congolese warlord Thomas Lubanga guilty of war crimes for using child soldiers under age 15 and forcing them to participate in a civil war in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. He was slapped with a jail term of 14 years for the crime.  (Photo: MICHAEL KOOREN /LANDOV/REUTERS)

Congo Warlord Convicted of Using Child Soldiers

Thomas Lubanga was found guilty in child soldier trial.
03/13/2012
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World Lens — Week in Review: March 13

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Invisible Children Responds to "Kony 2012" Criticism

Invisible Children claims its intentions are pure.
03/12/2012