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| Night commuters at a shelter in Gulu, northern Uganda. REUTERS/Radu Sigheti |
- There are 935,000 children living in over 200 camps.
- Rebels have kidnapped around 25,000 children.
- Boys are used as soldiers and porters.
- Girls are used as sex slaves.
- Thousands of child "night commuters" walk miles each evening to find places to sleep where they won't be kidnapped.
- "Child mothers" who return from captivity with babies are stigmatised.
To find out more see our northern Uganda crisis briefing.
