Learn about Uganda Genocide in AfricaNational Resistance movement came to stop Uganda Genocide, but it has failed especially in Northern Uganda.Since 1986 when National Resistance Movement took power, the Acholi have known nothing but war, killings, maiming, atrocities and abductions. 
The government tried to stop the war that was started by the Acholi themselves and failed then it ordered all Acholi living in their homes in the villages to vacate immediately and come to concentration camps or face the consequences of Joseph Kony the rebel leader. As if that was not enough on the people, the rebels of the LRA also stepped up their atrocities against innocent local Acholi people. The LRA claim that the Acholi are government collaborators who should be paid in blood. The LRA rebels have terrorized the Acholi since 1990. They cut off the legs of the Acholi to prevent them from walking to report the LRA to the government. They cut off the arms because arms can be used to work for the government. The LRA amputates people’s limbs to prevent them from working on Sunday because, they say, it violates the teaching of the Holy Bible. The rebels claim to believe in running their affairs based on the Ten Commandments. 
Worse still, the rebels abduct and turn into soldiers children as young as 5-years old. Those who cannot carry heavy loads of rebel loot are brutally killed by other children using machetes and pounding sticks. This is to instill fear in the children so that they do not think of escaping back home. The United Nations estimates that the rebels have so far abducted and recruited over 20,000 children into their ranks. Numerous individuals and peace loving organizations including a local coalition known as the Acholi Religious Leaders’ Peace Initiative (ARLPI), have tried to mediate to bring a peaceful end to the war, but to no avail.
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