Brutal rebels enslave children

THE Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), which has earned a terrifying reputation for its brutality against the people of northern Uganda, has abducted an estimated 20,000 children over the years.

The Lords Resistance Army is notorious for abducting children and according to New York-based Human Rights Watch some 5,000 of them have been abducted since June 2002 alone.

Children are most vulnerable to abduction at night, when rebels raid villages, looting them for food and supplies.