United States Poverty KONY 2012 On March 7‚ 2012 there was a video posted online informing all who watched it about a country in Africa called Uganda and a rebellion army named the Lord’s Resistance Army(LRA); that is accused of murder‚ enslavement‚ sexual enslavement and rape of mostly children and young adults. The video starts off by a man named Jason Russell sharing his story about his time in Africa and how he meets a young boy there named Jacob‚ who has fell victim to all the hate and
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Nations is the problem of the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA)‚ an armed group originating in Uganda that has spread throughout Central Africa and caused instability. Its leader is Joseph Kony‚ a notorious warlord. He is wanted by the International Criminal Court and is accused of various human rights violations such as kidnapping‚ rape‚ torture‚ and the use of child soldiers. This has resulted in thousands of refugees from the area. While the Lord’s Resistance Army is currently only a regional threat
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Rehabilitation of Child Soldiers According to the UN‚ “Any person under 18 years of age who is part of any kind of regular or irregular armed force or armed group in any capacity‚ including but not limited to cooks‚ porters‚ messengers and anyone accompanying such groups‚ other than family members. The definition includes girls recruited for sexual purposes and for forced marriage. It does not‚ therefore‚ only refer to a child who is carrying or has carried arms.” (Abatneh 22).The use of children
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abduction. A former abducted boy named Jacob tells us‚ “That in the day we cannot fear‚ but in the night we can fear.” This is how every child of Uganda feels. They used to go pick fruit and gather food but now the bush/jungle is ruled by the LRA “Lords Resistance Army”. This group is known as the rebels. The children who were once a part of this group say that if they were caught crying they would be executed‚ and if they tried to escape they would also be
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trying to put an end to it. The children of Uganda are being kidnapped from their families to become soldiers and sex slaves by the Lord’s Resistance Army. The paper will help to explain when‚ where‚ how‚ and why Joseph Kony is stealing children from their families in Uganda. It will also explore what the children do as they serve Kony and the Lord’s Resistance Army (Amone-P’Olak‚ 2014). It will go in depth on routines of the child soldiers and how they cope from day to day. This article will then address
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kidnapped by Joseph Kony and his army‚ the LRA (lord’s resistance army). Initially‚ there was no such militia called LRA against the Ugandan government. On the contrary‚ it was the Ugandan government army who operated under the name NRA National Resistance Army before they changed their name to UPDF (Uganda People’s Defense Force). They terrorized the civilians by burning homes‚ looting livestock‚ killings‚ rapes‚ spreading HIV disease‚ genocide. The Ugandan armies were also the first to recruit
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Solorio News report at 8. Luis: Today’s news report is on child soldiers and their leader Joseph Kony Albino: According to Encyclopedia Britannica: “Joseph Rao Kony‚ born sometime between July and September 1961‚ is the head of the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA)‚ guerrilla group in Uganda. While initially enjoying strong public support‚ the LRA allegedly turned on its own supporters‚ supposedly to "purify" the Acholi people and turn Uganda into a theocracy. Kony proclaims himself the spokesperson
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thousand children that have been abducted since the 1930’s and is still growing. The LRA or the Lord’s Resistance Army enslaves young boys who are strong enough to raise a gun to kill their own people and girls are being used as concubines or house slaves. The LRA has killed over hundreds of thousands of villagers while trying to make their army bigger. Joseph Kony is the leader of the Lord’s Resistance Army. He believes that God sent him to purify the people of Uganda and was needed to bring peace to
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The issue of child soldiers can be traced back to Joseph Kony‚ the head of a Ugandan guerrilla army called the Lord’s Resistance Army. Initially‚ this group was an outgrowth and continuation of the
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born in 196 Odek in northern Uganda. His first raid was in the city of Gulu. In 2007 he was thought to have 88 wives and 42 children. He is the leader of Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA). He has been abducting kids for many years. He takes little girls and molests them‚ he gets the little boys then he makes them kill their parents and join his army. He believes and calls himself as a spokesperson of God and a spirit medium. Approximately 66‚000 children became soldiers and two million people abducted since
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