of apocalyptic religious leaders and, in 1986, gathered followers for his own rebellion (Wessells, p. 92). Joseph Kony created the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) to fight for his Alcholi people. The LRA has been active since 1986 and is widely known as Africa's oldest and most violent armed rebel group. The LRA is known for human rights violations such as rape, sexual slavery, murder, mutilation and pillaging and destruction of hundreds of villages across Uganda, Democratic Republic of Congo, Sudan South and the Central African Republic. The LRA is estimated to have between 150 and 300 armed fighters. After fighting for the Alcohli people, Kony began to lose all support and decided to start attacking innocent civilians, kidnapping children and forcing them to fight in his rebel forces. Many people seem to wonder why Joseph Kony targeted children to fight in his rebel army. . Most of Kony's child soldiers were young boys aged 7 to 16 (Boyden, p. 133). Joseph Kony seemed to have had the idea that children were...... middle of paper...... terrible things. One can only imagine the things innocent children are forced to do on a daily basis. Reckless killings, unwanted illnesses, life-threatening illnesses, separation of families and complete loss of spirit are all things that children of rebel groups face every day. Many people say they are against it and want it to stop, but speaking out against the use of children as soldiers is simply not enough. Joseph Kony is just a man. There are hundreds of other terrible rebel leaders all over the world using children as soldiers and sex slaves who must be brought to justice and punished. Innocent children are taken from their childhood lives and forced to do horrible things against their will. As a people, we must all come together and help save the children and deliver them from the hands of Joseph Kony and other rebel leaders..

Essay / of apocalyptic religious leaders and, in 1986, gathered followers for his own rebellion (Wessells, p. 92). Joseph Kony created the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) to fight for his Alcholi people. The LRA has been active since 1986 and is widely known as Africa's oldest and most violent armed rebel group. The LRA is known for human rights violations such as rape, sexual slavery, murder, mutilation and pillaging and destruction of hundreds of villages across Uganda, Democratic Republic of Congo, Sudan South and the Central African Republic. The LRA is estimated to have between 150 and 300 armed fighters. After fighting for the Alcohli people, Kony began to lose all support and decided to start attacking innocent civilians, kidnapping children and forcing them to fight in his rebel forces. Many people seem to wonder why Joseph Kony targeted children to fight in his rebel army. . Most of Kony's child soldiers were young boys aged 7 to 16 (Boyden, p. 133). Joseph Kony seemed to have had the idea that children were...... middle of paper...... terrible things. One can only imagine the things innocent children are forced to do on a daily basis. Reckless killings, unwanted illnesses, life-threatening illnesses, separation of families and complete loss of spirit are all things that children of rebel groups face every day. Many people say they are against it and want it to stop, but speaking out against the use of children as soldiers is simply not enough. Joseph Kony is just a man. There are hundreds of other terrible rebel leaders all over the world using children as soldiers and sex slaves who must be brought to justice and punished. Innocent children are taken from their childhood lives and forced to do horrible things against their will. As a people, we must all come together and help save the children and deliver them from the hands of Joseph Kony and other rebel leaders..

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