Kony2012

Katikkiro Charles Peter Mayiga Reflects on Uganda’s AFCON Struggles: “Lack of Inspiration Holds Back the Cranes”

Uganda’s national football team, the Cranes, endured a disappointing campaign at the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in Morocco, failing to advance beyond the group stage. The team’s journey...

Uganda Braces for Presidential Election as Bobi Wine Calls for Protest Vote

Kampala Uganda: Uganda is heading into a tense presidential election next week as opposition leader Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu,...

Electoral Commission Flags Off Dispatch of Voting Materials Ahead of January 15 Polls

The Chairperson of the Electoral Commission (EC), Justice Simon Byabakama, together with other Commission members, has arrived at...

Lumumba Vea”: The Living Statue Who Carried Congo’s Spirit at AFCON 2025

Congolese football supporter Michel Nkuka Mboladinga has unexpectedly become one of the most powerful symbols of the 2025...

Bobi Wine Launches Nationwide “Phone Call Day” Ahead of Uganda’s Critical Election

Uganda’s main opposition leader, Robert Kyagulanyi Sentamu, popularly known as Bobi Wine, has launched a nationwide mobilization campaign...
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I am a visible child from Northern Uganda

Having grown up in Northern Uganda, Lango sub region to be more specific and studied at St. Mary’s College Aboke, a school from which...

African Voices Respond to Hyper-popular Kony 2012 Viral Campaign

(Updated with additions, March 10, 2012. Here’s a Twitter list, so you can follow all of the African writers mentioned in this post who...

A Peace of My Mind: Respect My Agency 2012!

By TMS Ruge via Project Diaspora I have had roughly 24 hours to gather my thoughts about the latest fund-raising stunt undertaken by the long-in-the-tooth...

Unpacking Kony 2012

By Ethan Zuckerman This Monday, March 5th, the advocacy organization Invisible Children released a 30 minute video titled “Kony 2012“. The goal of the video is...

More Perspectives on Kony 2012

I know Glenna Gordon from her time in Uganda and she was one of the few American journalists who covered the later stages of...

Uganda Government’s Official Statement on Kony 2012

12 days: that’s how long it took the whole of Government of Uganda to release an official statement on the controversial Kony2012 video. Again...
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