American Youths Rally to Disarm Rebels
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Channel: Voice of America · 2009 · News & Politics
Over the past two decades, Ugandan rebels from the Lord's Resistance Army have kidnapped thousands of children, using them as soldiers or sex slaves. The LRA is also accused of killing villagers in Uganda, Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Recently, hundreds of young people gathered in Washington to push the U.S. government to take action. VOA's Alex Villarreal has their story.