Uganda's War on Children

This is really hard to fathom:

As the world finally turns its gaze toward the horrors in Darfur, an
equally terrible situation in northern Uganda continues to go unnoticed. The
actions of a fanatical rebel movement, the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), have
displaced more than 1.6 million people in northern and eastern Uganda, a number
even higher than in Darfur.

Where else in the world do we see the kidnapping of children in attacks
targeting boys and girls? Not long ago, I witnessed firsthand the suffering of
families in northern Uganda, and I found it more shocking than anything I had
seen in visits to conflict areas. More than 20,000 children have been kidnapped,
including 12,000 since 2002. This is a conflict fought by, with and against
children. More than 80 percent of the LRA forces are children. They are forced
to become child soldiers or sex slaves to their commanders.

Read the rest of the article, then call or write your congressman. I did.