Uganda: Child Sacrifice Cases on the Rise in Gulu

The African Network for the Prevention and Protection Against Child Abuse and Neglect (ANPPCAN) on behalf of the Civil Society Organisation and the Anti-Child Sacrifice Coalition in Uganda expressed their disappointment with the increasing cases of child sacrifice in the country.

They said that in a period of only two weeks, ANPPCAN registered 3 cases of child sacrifice in Gulu district alone and in one of the bizarre cases, Ajok Mercy went missing on 28th October 2012 and her body was discovered on 2nd November 2012 floating on the river banks.

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