Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Few faces evoke more hatred and fear in northern Uganda than Joseph Kony

Few faces evoke more hatred and fear in northern Uganda than Joseph Kony, one of Africa's most wanted men whose army of child soldiers preyed on this town for years and whose brutal legacy has been thrust back into the spotlight by a hugely popular Untied States video.

A wave of anger and depression swept over 27-year old Isaac Omodo as he stared at fuzzy images of young boys mutilated by the rebel warlord whose drugged and vicious fighters abducted Omodo's brother at the height of northern raids by Kony's Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) in 2001.
Those grainy pictures came from the first screening in northern Uganda yesterday of a 30-minute YouTube video filmed by a California-based charity, whose appeal for US-backed Ugandan troops to capture the LRA leader went viral on the Internet over the last week.
"When I see some of those things Kony did I get mad," said Omodo, whose sibling is still missing.
As the sun dipped over a dusty park in Lira, Omodo was among thousands who gathered to watch the screening of the video, which has been seen by more than 77 million people. It has attracted massive support on Twitter and Facebook and endorsements from celebrities like George Clooney and Oprah Winfrey in its quest to press for Kony's capture.

more: http://tvnz.co.nz/world-news/anger-kony-video-shown-ugandans-4777862

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