Child, Victim, Soldier: The Loss of Innocence in UgandaSunday Obote was only seven when he was kidnapped by the Lord's Resistance Army, a rebel group in northern Uganda. His life abruptly changed from peaceful village life, where he fished and hunted with his friends, to the savagery of the LRA. Sunday was turned into a child soldier trained to kill on demand, even killing other children. |
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... captured Victoria . Strangely , she was the only girl they succeeded in abducting from her village . The rebels were binding them together with rope in groups of three . All the children were forced to begin immediately a march toward ...
... captured Victoria . Strangely , she was the only girl they succeeded in abducting from her village . The rebels were binding them together with rope in groups of three . All the children were forced to begin immediately a march toward ...
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... captured in the holiday travelers eagerly winging their way , is not restricted to certain seasons of the year . Indeed , the longing to come home is universal and at the core of all human experience . Each of us carries within us the ...
... captured in the holiday travelers eagerly winging their way , is not restricted to certain seasons of the year . Indeed , the longing to come home is universal and at the core of all human experience . Each of us carries within us the ...
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... capturing him . At the last minute , Kony jumped into a hole and avoided detection . Margaret seized the moment when ... captured persons to see Kony at his hide- out in the Garamba National Park in the eastern region of the Demo- cratic ...
... capturing him . At the last minute , Kony jumped into a hole and avoided detection . Margaret seized the moment when ... captured persons to see Kony at his hide- out in the Garamba National Park in the eastern region of the Demo- cratic ...
Contents
Foreword by Archbishop John Baptist Odama Gulu Uganda Introduction 1 Meeting the Victims | 1 |
The Background of the LRA Rebellion vii | 35 |
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