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After the initial attack on 15 June 2003, Obalanga County was heavily affected by the LRA rebels' attack, and was used as the entry point by the LRA rebels in Teso. Many people were killed and others abducted including children, and also property destroyed. Up to 100,000 people were displaced into
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were local militia who were mobilized by Teso leaders to drive out the LRA out of the region. They used rudimentary tools like axes, machetes, arrows and bows to defend themselves from the LRA attack.
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Arrow Boys Monumetn in Eastern Uganda-Kapelebyong district #WCU2024
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The Arrow Boys Monument is located in Obalanga town council in
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List of National Cultural Sites in Eastern Region, Uganda
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The Arrow Boys Monument

2°12′10″N 33°35′31″E / 2.20265°N 33.59207°E / 2.20265; 33.59207
Kapelebyong District
mass grave
Amuria
Lord's Resistance Army
Kapelebyong district
Amuria District
Eastern Uganda

Arrow Boys
Uganda People's Army
counterinsurgency
Ecweru Musa
List of National Cultural Sites in Eastern Region, Uganda
Uganda martyrs shrine
Joseph Kibwetere
Aboke abductions






"Free at last: Nine years after living as a rebel"



"On the Trail of Uganda's Arrow Boys"

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