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VIDEO: Uganda's lost children
16 Feb 2009 15:53:00 GMT
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Feb 15 - Uganda's rebel Lords Resistance Army is notorious for abducting children and forcing them to become soldiers or slaves.

Some of these kids manage to escape and are now being taught the skills they need in order to return to their communities in northern Uganda.

A Reuters Africa Journal report




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