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UGANDA: Geoffrey: "After eight years as a child soldier, all I want is to forget the past"

irinnews.org - GULU Friday, November 14, 2008 (IRIN) - Geoffrey (not his real name) was 10 years old when the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) abducted him as he walked to school in Gulu, northern Uganda, in 2000. He recalls fleeing rebel captivity in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in June: "I was abducted from Atede village in Gulu when I was 10 years old; the rebels immediately took me to Southern Sudan where I was trained in how to fire a gun. I spent most of the years I was a rebel in Southern Sudan...» view full story
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