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Kristof Titeca

Kristof Titeca is a Professor at the Institute of Development Policy, University of Antwerp. His latest book is Rebel Lives. Photographs from inside the Lord's Resistance Army.

Joseph Kony is the leader of the Lord’s Resistance Army has been wanted since 2005 by the International Criminal Court for a raft of crimes against humanity – including rape.

CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC

16 JAN 2020

When bad reporting mirrors the thing it wants to criticise

The documentary film, The American Crusade in Africa, on Kony 2012 is a lesson in how not to fight simplification with more simplification.

Kristof Titeca

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