Friday, July 17, 2009

American youth rally for child soldiers in Uganda's Lord's Resistance Army...

Over the past two decades, Ugandan rebels from the Lord's Resistance Army have kidnapped thousands of children, using them as soldiers or sex slaves. The LRA is also accused of killing villagers in Uganda, Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Recently, hundreds of young people gathered in Washington to push the U.S. government to take action.

They came armed, with shirts, signs, and letters for their representatives in Congress. These young activists rallied in Washington on behalf of thousands of children abducted into Uganda's Lord's Resistance Army. More...

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  4. A child soldier in the Congo tells her story...

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