Reblog // NPR and “The ‘KONY 2012’ effect”
Over the weekend, our friends over at National Public Radio (NPR) wrote a piece on us entitled “The ‘KONY 2012’ Effect: Recovering from a Viral Sensation.” As we’ve said before and we’ll say again, we love NPR. So, we really appreciated their thoughtful article on us. But we wanted to quickly correct two errors in the […]
Peacefully ending a war
One of the staples of Invisible Children is turning pipe-dreams into realities. When we started our work on the LRA conflict a little over a decade ago, one such dream was that a U.S. president would say the words ‘Joseph Kony’, let alone take meaningful action to assist African Union led efforts to end LRA violence. […]
Ambassador Power compelled to speak out against the LRA once again
This morning, the United Nations Security Council met to discuss the international community’s continued and shared responsibility to stop Joseph Kony and the violence committed by his Lord’s Resistance Army. The United States’ Ambassador to the UN, Samantha Power, presented a powerful public speech discussing the progress made with the counter-LRA mission while comparing the […]
BREAKING NEWS: UPDF captures LRA commander and rescues 10 in CAR
The UPDF (the Ugandan military) just issued a press release reporting that after making contact with LRA forces in the Central African Republic (CAR) yesterday, they were able to capture LRA commander, Lt. Charles Okello. This UPDF contingent of the AU-RTF (African Union Regional Task Force) was also able to rescue 10 LRA captives, including […]
Reblog // When trying to spur change, ‘the greatest sin is boring’
The following is reblogged from Laurie Goering with the Thomson Reuters Foundation. // With efforts to curb climate change bogged down by virtually every mistake in the book – messages delivered in impenetrable jargon, no clear way for individuals to take action, a focus on doomsday scenarios – campaigners might take some lessons from Ben Keesey. He’s […]
Luis Moreno Ocampo visits Northern Uganda
Invisible Children Uganda welcomed Luis Moreno Ocampo, the former chief prosector of the International Criminal Court (ICC), to northern Uganda at the end of March. Ocampo, who led the indictment of Joseph Kony and his top commanders for war crimes, shared his support for helping communities heal from the trauma the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) […]
A letter from President Obama
Before the LRA Disarmament bill was passed in 2010, no U.S. President had publicly said the words Joseph Kony or the LRA. Look how far we’ve come. Yesterday, March 25th 2014, President Barack Obama released a letter to Congress about the deployment of additional forces to central Africa, in compliance with the War Powers Act. a […]
Increased U.S. support to catch Kony: it’s a big deal
Yesterday our CEO Ben Keesey brought us exciting news. The US will be deploying at least four V-22 Ospreys along with additional Air-Force Operations personnel to assist with the African Union (AU) operation to arrest Joseph Kony and end the violence of the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) in central Africa. Here are some of the […]
Invisible Children welcomes announcement of increased U.S. support to arrest Kony
Late Sunday night, the Obama Administration announced its plans to deploy V-22 Osprey military aircraft to support efforts by the African Union (AU) to end the violence of the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) and protect civilians in central Africa. The announcement serves as a significant and very encouraging indicator of the Administration’s commitment to help […]
‘In Kony’s Shadow’ exhibition opens
Starting this Wednesday, the charity Christian Aid will be hosting an exhibition in London called ‘In Kony’s Shadow’. It consists of personal experiences shared through photographs, films and written accounts that the charity has collected which explore some of the scars- physical and mental- that the LRA have left in northern Uganda. If anyone’s nearby check it out and […]