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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.
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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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