Last week, a 30-minute internet film, "Kony 2012," was launched to wake up the world to the atrocities committed by Joseph Kony's Lord's Resistance Army in Central Africa, including the kidnapping of children and forcing them to fight.

Guy Verhofstadt, President of the ALDE, is pleased to see a citizen initiative on this matter picking up such speed. "The Kony case is long lasting, and should have been resolved years ago. I very much support the Kony 2012 initiative to raise the issue worldwide and to ask for political action. "

Already back in 2007, Guy Verhofstadt had pleaded for an urgent intervention during the special meeting of the UNSC on Africa, in order to bring Joseph Kony to justice.