Rebel forces also recruited child soldiers in their effort to oust the existing government. In northern Uganda, the abduction of children by the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) continued unabated ...

Former Ugandan LRA child soldier: 'Sometimes I feel guilty I survived because so many children died in the struggle'Former Ugandan LRA child soldier: 'Sometimes I feel guilty I survived because so ...

There are also cases of UPDF torture, ill-treatment, and rape: in January 2003, UPDF soldiers severely beat a surrendering sixteen-year-old LRA child soldier so much that he was sure his backbone ...

Russian mercenaries from the Wagner Group have been hunting down an infamous warlord in Africa who is notorious for leading ...

The Saturday event will decry child soldiers in Uganda caught in the conflict between ... The rally will speak on behalf of the children who were abducted by the LRA. It will ask the government and ...

Years of botched peace talks, broken ceasefires, and worsening conditions did not sway religious leaders from advocating amnesty for LRA child-soldiers. Hoekema draws out the ethical questions of ...

Dominic Ongwen, himself a former child soldier who rose through the ranks ... camps into which civilians had been driven by the LRA's bloody campaign. Many were killed and others were kidnapped ...

The case of Dominic Ongwen, a former child soldier turned commander, was a significant issue. Ongwen was tried at the ICC in The Hague in 2021. Abducted by the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA ...