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In recent weeks, the world has taken notice of the urgent crisis unfolding in the Central African Republic (CAR). Following months of widespread violence against civilians and an explosion of humanitarian need, mainstream media outlets and international governments have finally started talking about the escalating situation in CAR, which one UN official warned could lead to […]

BREAKING: LARGEST LRA DEFECTION SINCE 2008 On the 6th of December, nineteen LRA defected en masse near the community of Zemio in the Central African Republic. This is the single largest LRA defection since the group moved into central Africa in 2008, and an enormous victory for African Union led counter-LRA efforts. The group was […]

Education has long been considered the universal pathway to a better future, and that has never been more evident than with our Legacy Scholarship Program (LSP). The program, funded by Invisible Children supporters, grants merit-based educational scholarships to secondary and university students. 62% of LSP alumni are using their education to give back to their communities […]

There is a barrage of misinformation swirling around the Internet about Joseph Kony and the LRA conflict. As an issue that appears more frequently on the headlines of sensational newspapers rather than major publications, it is worth reading the recent article published by The Washington Post entitled “Kony 2013: U.S. quietly intensifies effort to help […]

Zachary Kimotho knows what it means to be caught in the crossfire of injustice. A native of Kenya, Zack was shot in a car-jacking incident eight years ago from which he suffered a severe spinal injury that has left him wheelchair-bound ever since. There is currently no specialist care for spinal injuries in Kenya, or elsewhere […]

This week, Congress agreed on a budget deal that would end the government shutdown and avert a national default. The legislation, which was approved at nearly the eleventh hour and subsequently signed into law by President Obama, includes a handful of funding measures that, according to Reuters, “would otherwise be handled in normal spending bills.” One of […]

Invisible Children was founded on the belief that there is equal and inherent value of every human life and there is a global responsibility to protect that life regardless of borders. As I listened to President Obama’s speech on Tuesday at the United Nations General Assembly, I could not help but feel that his vision […]

There have been numerous articles reporting a mass defection from within Joseph Kony’s Lord’s Resistance Army, and rumors are swirling. Here is what we do know. A small group of potential defectors from an unidentified armed force reportedly made contact with Central African officials in Haute-Kotto, CAR, and indicated that they were a part of a […]

Updated on Thursday, September 26, 2013: There have been numerous articles reporting a mass defection from within Joseph Kony’s Lord’s Resistance Army, and rumors are swirling. Here is what we do know. A small group of potential defectors from an unidentified armed force reportedly made contact with Central African officials in Haute-Kotto, CAR, and indicated that […]

Sudanese President and ICC-indicted war criminal, Omar al-Bashir, said in a statement on Sunday that he plans to attend the United Nations General Assembly in New York this week, despite widespread calls for his arrest. Bashir was indicted by the International Criminal Court in 2009 and 2010 on charges of genocide and crimes against humanity. […]