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A harrowing film from Uganda where every day, children are abducted and forced into sexual slavery and then forced to fight for the Lord’s Resistance Army. But more frightening is how common it is. It began in 1987 when the LRA emerged in northern Uganda. From there and later from their bases in southern Sudan, the rebels abducted thousands of northern Ugandan children. If they resisted, they were killed. Despite the horrors, the world has paid Uganda little attention. In this documentary we travelled there to speak with the victims, the families and the Ugandan army and found that the situation isn’t improving – it’s getting worse. Amongst the people we interview is Italian Nun, Sister Rachele, who was present when hundreds of girls were abducted from her school by the LRA. Incredibly she pursed them and the LRA agreed to return all but 30. She had to choose who was to be left behind. A nightmare of a decision that still haunts her today.