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Uganda - Child Soldiers story
By: libby.penn@gmail.com
Posted: Nov 14 08
Witnessed: 3286 times
Regions: Uganda
Issues: Child soldiers, Mass killings, Rape and sexual abuse
Tags: abduction, child soldiers, Lord’s Resistance Army, Mass Killings, Rehabilitation, Uganda, war, Women's rights
Janet's Story - Janet was abducted into the Lords Resistance Army when she was nine years old where she was forced to marry a commander 20 years her senior. Now in her twenties this is an extract of her story of what happened to her and where she is now.
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