On the radar // 8 Released from the LRA
Late last month, Invisible Children received encouraging news from Kiliwa, DRC that eight individuals were released from LRA captivity. The incident: On August 21st, a group of fishermen were met by three armed LRA fighters just east of Kiliwa, DRC. The fishermen were led to the bush to meet with five women and three boys […]
Blindfold Magazine features former child solider turned rapper
Blindfold Magazine recently published an article featuring Emmanuel Jal, an internationally known rapper who is a former Sudanese child soldier. Jal’s dark and intangibly painful past gives him every excuse to be filled with a need for hateful revenge, but instead he says, “Now I’m fighting a different war: education and peace, coexistence, equality. There’s […]
When his race began
Lopez Lomong is pretty familiar with running. As a U.S. Olympian, he has trained tirelessly for the men’s 5000m event. But that’s not where Lopez’s running journey began. When Lopez was six years old, he was abducted by rebel soldiers in a small village in South Sudan. He was held captive in prison for weeks and […]