War and Genocide Facts
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The Facts
Worldwide
- It is estimated that more than 90% of the LRA’s (Lord’s Resistance Army of Uganda) troops were abducted as children. – www.invisiblechildren.com
- In the past 2 1/2 years, there have been 2,000,000 people who have been forced to flee their homes in Darfur, Sudan. – www.youthnoise.com
- 16 – The estimated number of countries that have attempted or committed genocide since the end of World War II. (ibid)
- According to the UN, there are currently 16 million refugees worldwide, in addition to 51 million people displaced within their own countries. Of these 51 million, 26 million have been displaced by armed conflict, and 25 million have been forced to move because of natural disasters. – www.change.org
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