'Kony 2012' Screening Provokes Confusion and Anger in Uganda

March 13, 2012 from Al Jazeera English

Joseph Kony is a household name, thanks to a 30-minute YouTube video raising awareness about his brutal rebel group, the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA). Tens of millions have seen the video after US charity, Invisible Children, released the clip online last week. On Tuesday, a charity organization showed the film to the people who suffered at the hands of the LRA: Ugandans in the north of the country. Al Jazeera's Malcolm Webb reports from the town of Lira after the screening. For more reactions from Ugandans, visit Uganda Speaks on the Al Jazeera English website.

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Uganda

Uganda, officially the Republic of Uganda, is a landlocked country in East Africa. Uganda is bordered on the east by Kenya, on the north by South Sudan, on the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, on the southwest by Rwanda, and on the south by Tanzania. The southern ... Explore this topic

Kony 2012

Kony 2012 is a film created by Invisible Children, Inc. which became a viral video. The film's purpose is to promote the charity's 'Stop Kony' movement to make indicted Ugandan war criminal Joseph Kony internationally known in order to arrest him in 2012. Explore this topic

Invisible Children, Inc.

Invisible Children, Inc. is an organization founded in 2004 to bring awareness to the activities of the Lord's Resistance Army in Central Africa, and its leader, Joseph Kony. Specifically, the group seeks to put an end to the practices of the LRA which include abductions and a... Explore this topic

Joseph Kony

Joseph Rao Kony is the leader of the Lord's Resistance Army, guerrilla group which used to operate in Uganda. While initially purporting to fight against government suppression, the LRA allegedly turned against Kony's own Acholi tribe's men, supposedly to "purify" the Acholi p... Explore this topic

Lira

Lira is a city in Northern Uganda. It is the main municipal, administrative and commercial centre of Lira District. Lira was the main metropolitan center of the now defunct Lango District. Explore this topic

Lord's Resistance Army

The Lord's Resistance Army, also known as the Lord's Resistance Movement, is a militant movement, which is described by some as new religious movement or a cult which was operating in northern Uganda, South Sudan, and from 2005 there has been claims that the group entered the ... Explore this topic

Viral video

A viral video is a video that becomes popular through the process of Internet sharing, typically through video sharing websites, social media and email. Viral videos often contain humorous content and include televised comedy sketches, such as The Lonely Island's "Lazy Sunday"... Explore this topic

Jason Russell

Jason Russell (born 1979) is an American film and theater director, choreographer, and activist who co-founded Invisible Children, Inc. He is the director of Kony 2012, a short documentary film that went viral in the beginning of March 2012. In the first week it gained over 83... Explore this topic

Lord's Resistance Army insurgency

The Lord's Resistance Army insurgency is an ongoing guerrilla campaign waged since 1987 by the Lord's Resistance Army rebel group, currently operating in South Sudan, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Central African Republic. The movement, led by Joseph Kony, who ... Explore this topic

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