Oscar-winning actress and United Nations Goodwill Ambassador, Angelina Jolie, has of late been very vocal in her support against Ugandan warlord, Joseph Kony, describing him as a ‘vile’ person.
The 36-year-old actress said she felt inspired by so many young people who were rising up to demand his capture.
‘I don’t know anyone who doesn’t hate Kony‘, Jolie told U.K.’s The Telegraph recently at an event to mark International Women’s Day, in New York City.
‘He’s an extraordinarily horrible human being who, you know…his time has come‘, she added.
Joseph Kony, the leader of the Lord’s Resistance Army, has lately been at the receiving end of a media campaign demanding his capture over terrorist activities in northern Uganda including the torture, killings, rape and kidnappings of Ugandans, mostly civilians.
He is also alleged to have forced thousands of children to fight in his militia army.
This isn’t the first time Jolie has been outspokenly critical against Kony.
Jolie in a 2010 interview with American TV programme, Nightline to promote her film, ‘Salt‘, stated that there were a ‘few bad people’, in real life and Joseph Kony was one of them.
‘Joseph Kony‘, she said. ‘I hate him‘.
She stated her resolve to see to the end of the matter, with a personal illustration of her determination when she believes fervently in a cause.
‘When I have to protect something in my life or when I’ve decided there’s something I have to accomplish, I do, I do kind of push to the end and I don’t take ‘no’ very well‘, Jolie said.
‘If it came down to something I had to do, I would believe in what I’m fighting for and I’m not afraid‘.
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