Uganda: Monica Atto, 24, Former LRA Abductee And Soldier, Gulu

Gulu — Monica Atto, 24, was abducted by the rebel Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) as a child but escaped and now lives with her children in a rehabilitation centre in Gulu, northern Uganda. Her diary begins on July 10.

These days with the peace talks things have changed. There is no more captivity. There is no more abduction. People are at rest and we aren't having so many funerals. But the peace talks have kept many of the children in the bush and we don't hear about them coming back any more. Now they are all up in [Democratic Republic of ] Congo, people are not escaping any longer.

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