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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.
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.
Uganda asked the United States for military assistance in its fight against the Lord’s Resistance Army, saying they’re linked to al-Queda – but with little to no evidence to support their accusation.
Lord’s Resistance Army – No Safe Haven includes interviews with children who were abducted and later freed, Ugandan military commanders fighting the LRA, the mothers of children abducted and aid workers helping those forced to flee their homes in fear of the LRA.