Abduction - Uganda

Dec 2003 Ugandan children are growing up in fear of being abducted or killed as the Lord's Resistance Army continues to terrorise Northern Uganda. The LRA has abducted over 5,000 children in the last year and made them into child killers. Thousands flee to neighbouring villages during the night in a desperate attempt to avoid abduction. After 17 years of civil war, President Museveni's call for patience is beginning to wear thin. Uganda's plea for international help still goes unheeded. The US are unwilling to send ground troops to such perilous terrain and aid organisations are struggling to sustain supplies. "The LRA are beyond the boundaries of negotiation," claims the President. His confidence lies in "a military solution", which for many promises only more violence and hardship.