Kayla Friedman
Ms. McKenzie
Language Arts-Period 1
1 November 2017
Genocide in Uganda Could you imagine being kidnapped, and then being forced to kill your own family? That is what some young children are going through right now in Uganda. Since October of 2011, 6122 civilians have been abducted from their homes, and forced to join the enemies army(“LRA”). Over 60,000 children are believed to have been abducted altogether(“Vidal”). The abductors are known as the LRA. This stands for the, “Lords Resistance Army”. The leader of this group is named Joseph Kony. Joseph is trying to build his army by kidnapping children, then making them kill their own family. Then, they will become his soldiers. They have to kill their family because then they will not try to escape from being his soldiers, because they will have no parents to come home to. His group used to be based in Northern Uganda. Now, he is believed to be based in the Central African Republic. His group travels quickly, and they are incredibly good at covering up their tracks. This is why it is so hard to track down the LRA.(“Q&A”). …show more content…
When he was younger, he was treated poorly by the Ugandan Government because he is part of the ethnic group called the Acholi. He started to gain followers when he rebelled against the government for treating the Acholi people badly, but then he started attacking civilians. He even started attacking fellow Acholi people(“Q&A”). His group got more and more violent when they, “abducted and killed thousands of civilians in northern Uganda and mutilated many others by cutting off their lips, ears, noses, hands, and feet.”(Q&A). This is all how the LRA
Ms. McKenzie
Language Arts-Period 1
1 November 2017
Genocide in Uganda Could you imagine being kidnapped, and then being forced to kill your own family? That is what some young children are going through right now in Uganda. Since October of 2011, 6122 civilians have been abducted from their homes, and forced to join the enemies army(“LRA”). Over 60,000 children are believed to have been abducted altogether(“Vidal”). The abductors are known as the LRA. This stands for the, “Lords Resistance Army”. The leader of this group is named Joseph Kony. Joseph is trying to build his army by kidnapping children, then making them kill their own family. Then, they will become his soldiers. They have to kill their family because then they will not try to escape from being his soldiers, because they will have no parents to come home to. His group used to be based in Northern Uganda. Now, he is believed to be based in the Central African Republic. His group travels quickly, and they are incredibly good at covering up their tracks. This is why it is so hard to track down the LRA.(“Q&A”). …show more content…
When he was younger, he was treated poorly by the Ugandan Government because he is part of the ethnic group called the Acholi. He started to gain followers when he rebelled against the government for treating the Acholi people badly, but then he started attacking civilians. He even started attacking fellow Acholi people(“Q&A”). His group got more and more violent when they, “abducted and killed thousands of civilians in northern Uganda and mutilated many others by cutting off their lips, ears, noses, hands, and feet.”(Q&A). This is all how the LRA