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Charity goes after African rebel leader with 'KONY 2012' video  The charity organization Invisible Children has made its goal to bring down Joseph Kony, the leader of a rebel army in Africa. The army goes by the name Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) and is composed of about 200 fighters. The LRA killed, kidnapped, and mutilated thousands of people which began in the late 1990s. Invisible Children created a 30-minute documentary about the situation and their goals in 2012. The video has since gone viral and has garnered much attention among young Americans. Although the video has received some criticism, it has been largely successful in its endeavors, given that its goal was to spread awareness. Jedidiah Jenkins, the charity’s director of idea development, said, “The film has reached a place in the global consciousness where people know who Kony is, they know his crimes. Kids know and they respond. And then they won’t allow it to happen anymore." The UN refugee reported on Tuesday that the LRA has launched new attacks in the northeastern of the Democratic Republic of Congo. A spokesman for the UN's Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo said that the LRA seemed to be “on its last legs”. Experts on the LRA disagreed with that statement, saying that it was too early to assume that, and that the smaller sized attacks did not mean that the group was getting weaker. Given that these attacks have been going on for years, it is not safe to assume that he has stopped just yet. In October of 2011, President Barack Obama sent troops to Central Africa to train and advise the forces fighting against the LRA.  The problem that the Invisible Children faced was getting the support of the government. As soon as the founders discovered what was happening in Uganda in 2003, they thought that they could just come back to the U.S to get help. They were surprised when they showed up in Washington and no one would listen to them. Since the troubles in Uganda did not directly affect U.S foreign policy, the United States government was not going to get involved. If the country’s national security and financial interests were not at stake, the government would see no reason in taking action. This was a challenge for Invisible Children. They knew that Kony had to be stopped, but they also knew that they would not be able to get the help that they needed from the government.  The “KONY 2012” campaign brings the troubles of Uganda to the attention of the entire world. The United States would not be involved nearly as much if the organization Invisible Children did not create awareness on the situation. It was through the campaigning of that organization that Barack Obama signed off to send 100 troops to Central Africa. The U.S is now greatly involved in the matters in Uganda. The video that they created appealed emotionally to millions of people around the world, and that tactic proved beneficial as they garnered the attention that they wished to achieve. Works Cited Rozen, Laura. "Kony 2012: Invisible Children’s viral video sparks criticism that others say is unfounded | The Envoy - Yahoo! News." //Yahoo! News - Latest News & Headlines//. N.p., n.d. Web. 8 Mar. 2012. .
 * 1) With this recent media attention, will Joseph Kony be stopped?
 * 2) Why was there not awareness of this situation years ago?
 * 3) How exactly is Kony able to get away with all that he does?
 * 4) Are there other people like Joseph Kony that are doing this in other parts of the world?
 * 5) There are some that are questioning the credibility of the charity organization and their founders. Do we know for sure that everything they are saying is true?

"World News - Charity goes after African rebel leader with 'KONY 2012' video." //World News//. N.p., n.d. Web. 8 Mar. 2012. <http://worldnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/03/07/10603135-charity-goes-after-african-rebel-