WV's James Odong talks about meeting Kony

Tuesday, March 27, 2012

The name ‘Joseph Kony’ – leader of Ugandan rebel group the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) – is known across the globe, following the ‘Kony2012’ campaign which has seen nearly 85 million hits on YouTube


James Odong from Uganda – now a senior World Vision staff member –was captured by Kony’s army at the age of 19 and came face-to-face with the rebel leader himself.


After escaping his captors in 1989, James worked to set up a Children of War Centre which has helped more than ten thousand former child soldiers. Here, James speaks to BBC Radio 4's "The World at One".

 

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