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Students at Makerere University make a bomb detection and disarming robot

Posted on June 7, 2012 by admin

           Makerere University students have invented an explosive Ordinance Robot which is to be used to detect explosives. The Explosive Ordinance Disposal Robot has been initiated by three former students of St. Mary’s college Kisubi under the support … Continue reading →

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The complicated case of Joseph Kony and the obviously visible “Invisible Children”

Posted on April 23, 2012 by admin

Click here to see photos of the evolution of the LRA. Thanks to an incredibly effective social media effort, #StopKony is trending on Twitter today. The campaign coincides with a new awareness-raising documentary by the group Invisible Children. Former FP … Continue reading →

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Kony2012 – Whose Social Networking?

Posted on March 28, 2012 by admin

In an op-ed piece on March 14th, New York Times contributor Nicholas Kristof weighed in on the virtual feeding frenzy that has resulted from Invisible Children’s "Kony2012" video. Kristof attempted to take a neutral stance on the video, but was … Continue reading →

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Uganda: Questions and Answers On Joseph Kony and the Lord’s Resistance Army

Posted on March 26, 2012 by idirs

1. Who is Joseph Kony and what is the Lord’s Resistance Army? Joseph Kony is the leader of the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), a Ugandan rebel group that originated in 1987 in northern Uganda among ethnic Acholi communities. The Acholi … Continue reading →

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