In northern Uganda, the rebel group Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) has waged a bitter war for the past twenty years against President Yoweri Musevenis government. The LRA has allegedly abducted more than 20,000 children so far and forced them to join the LRA in fighting government forces. On Thursday, 29 June, Africa Journal host Vincent Makori talks to the producers of Invisible Children, a documentary film about these children and the thousands of others who leave their homes each night to find a safe place to sleep and evade abduction. The film tells the frightening stories of children as young as 8 years old becoming both victims and weapons in the long-running war.
Tune in Thursday, 29 June at 1800 UTC (2:00 p.m. EDT), when Makori welcomes to Africa Journal the filmmakers of Invisible Children: Jason Russell, Bobby Bailey, Laren Poole.
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