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be contacted on 0870 124 0866 Journalists can access stories via the Press Association wire service or online at: Find out about other community stories on: An international charity is to hold a rally in Leeds on Saturday, as part of a worldwide series of events to raise awareness of the plight of child soldiers in northern Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Invisible Children, which is seeking to eliminate the abduction and conscription of children, is hosting The Rescue. Supporters will symbolically ‘abduct themselves’ in order to highlight the 23-year-long conflict led by Joseph Kony and his rebel Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA). Joseph Kony is the head of the LRA, a guerrilla group that is engaged in a violent campaign to establish theocratic government in Uganda, which claims to be based on the bible and the 10 commandments.
The LRA, which earned a terrifying reputation for its brutality against the people of northern Uganda, has abducted thousands of children since its rebellion began in 1987.