Tuesday, September 27, 2011

What is the difference between blood diamond war and invisible children?

Hello,


I am wondering what the difference is between the war going on about blood diamonds and the invisible children in Uganda?


Are they just in different locations? I know that the war about the diamonds are all about diamonds but do they capture only children? or families?


I am just wondering if they have anything to do with each other? any relations?|||The Blood Diamond and Invisible Children movies deal with two separate conflicts. While many conflicts and wars in Africa have many similarities, they are still distinct. I don't know much about the movie Blood Diamond, but I do know a bit about the war with the Lord's Resistance Army in northern Uganda and surrounding areas. The LRA rebels capture children, adults, families, anyone really. While it is the children who are usually recruited as soldiers and sex slaves, other community members (adults) are often abducted and forced to become porters, carrying the things that the rebels looted from the villages they attacked. If you want more information about what's going on in Uganda, some organizations that deal with the conflict are Invisible Children, Resolve (formerly Resolve Uganda), and Enough (with John Prendergast). Hopefully this helps answer your question a little bit.

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