Uganda: Recollections of the Aboke Girls Abduction

31 January 2013

The Aboke girls' abduction by the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) left mental scars on students, teachers, parents and the entire nation.

One of the survivors of the October 9, 1996 abduction, Esther Acio, recalls that a celebration of any public holiday at St Mary's College Secondary School, Aboke, was always an excitement for students because they would not attend class on that day and would have some entertainment in the evening (maybe a dance or watch movies).

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