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Child Soldiers
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Last Night’s Carte Blanche Episode Was A Really Tough Watch – Cape Town Children Being Forced Into Gangsterism [Videos]
03 Jun 2024 by Tayla / No Comments
Children pay the ultimate price of lawlessness in the Cape Flats – as victims, but most tragically, as perpetrators, too.
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Kid With A Gun – This 10-Year-Old Is ISIS’ Latest Recruit
30 Jun 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The concept of child soldiers is not a new one, nor is it one that is easy to stomach. The latest surge in child soldiers has been in Mosul as extremist Islamic groups take control of cities in an effort to enforce an Islamic state.
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Ugandan Rebel Chief Joseph Kony’s Whereabouts Revealed
30 Apr 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Derided or not, proponents of the KONY2012 campaign have managed to make Kony famous, or at the very least a topic of conversation. And now it would seem authorities are close to capturing him as well. There are three international armies hunting him, and according to Uganda’s army chief Aronda Nyakairima, Joseph Kony is currently operating in volatile border areas between Sudan and South Sudan:
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Capetonians Hit The Streets To “Cover The Night” For Kony 2012 [VIDEO]
23 Apr 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 12 Comments
If you’ve been following the Kony 2012 movement, you’d remember they called for an April 20 world wide canvassing campaign. “Cover the Night” also hit Cape Town over the weekend and saw activists put up their share of posters around town. See all the “excitement” after the jump.
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Stop KONY 2012: Ugandans React To Viral Kony Video
09 Mar 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 9 Comments
As the #StopKONY juggernaut continues rampaging across the interwebs and social networks, some reporters have turned to Kony’s fellow Ugandans for comment on the video, and the Invisible Children organisation’s project to bring Joseph Kony to justice. Their opinions? Not positive.
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Behind The Hype: Who Is Joseph Kony, And How Is Twitter Going To Stop Him?
08 Mar 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 7 Comments
Yesterday, the internet was all about Invisible Children’s #stopKONY campaign and video, but while Americans get themselves into a froth about a country they don’t even know the location of, and a man they only know through rumours, we take a closer look at the organisation behind the hype. And as a number of commentators look closer, the cracks in Invisible Children’s premise, promises and their presentation become anything but invisible.
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