If you
logged onto Facebook at any point today, you may very well have found friends
and others sharing “Kony 2012,” a 30-minute YouTube film on the Ugandan warlord
Joseph Kony.
The
nonprofit charity Invisible Children Inc. uploaded the video Monday to bring
attention to Kony and the rebel group Lord’s Resistance Army, which has
terrorized central Africa for several years. The YouTube video currently has
more than 7 million views.
The hashtag
#stopkony has been trending worldwide on Twitter.
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Image Credit: invisiblechildren.com
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The charity
came about after three Southern California filmmakers returned from Africa and
released a documentary on the children forced to fight under Kony’s leadership.
In October,
President Obama sent 100 troops to Uganda to help regional forces battle the
LRA and capture or kill Kony.
During that
announcement, he said that for more than two decades the LRA had been
responsible for having “murdered, raped, and kidnapped tens of thousands of
men, women, and children in central Africa” and continues to “commit atrocities
across the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and
South Sudan that have a disproportionate impact on regional security.”
On April
20, the group is asking supporters to cover their hometowns with posters
calling for Kony to be brought to justice. On its website, supporters can sign
a petition and contribute to the cause by buying T-shirts, posters and
bracelets.
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Joseph Kony, leader of the Lord's
Resistance Army. Photograph: STR/AP
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