In 2003, there was a group of journalist that traveled to Uganda to uncover a tragic story. They discovered that in Northern Uganda, children have been captured from there families and used as slaves and soldiers. Some children were even killed during a war that has been in affect for over 20 years. Many children over the age of ten have been forced to live in concentration camps. These children suffer from diseases, starvation, and nighttime attacks by the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA). The leader of the LRA is Joseph Kony.
Alice Lakwena was the person who started the Lord's Resistance Army. Alice Lakwena led here followers in a bloody battle against the Northern Ugandan government. The rebellion failed as the Northern Ugandan government over powered the LRA with machine guns and heavy artillery. Joseph Kony was one of the LRA soldiers who survived the bloody battle. Kony later developed a stronger LRA and began another rebellion. Kony's prime victims are children from the ages of 5 to 12. these children are old enough to use guns and are small enough to sneak in homes and capture other children. As the children are captured, the rebels would bring the children in the forest to train them for war against the government. The rebels would also introduce the children to drugs and sex. The drugs were used to get the children high before combat. The boy soldiers are mostly used for combat, while the girls are used for sex. The United Nations has known about this problem but continue to ignore it (www.invisiblechildren.com)
The children of Northern Uganda have been beaten , raped, and killed in the concentration camps they reside in. In Northern Uganda, there are groups of children called Night commuters that walked hundreds of miles each day to prevent getting abducted by the LRA. Although the United Nations has made plans to bring the civil war to an end, there are still children dieing. Hopefully, the United Nations will pay more attention to this tragedy and the children of
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