An analysis conducted by the Journal of the American Medical Association reveals that children in those countries who were forced to fighting wars are more vulnerable to post-war disorders and hence more likely to have a revenge motive burning within their soul.
Due to the imbalances and tortures they have suffered during the war, they undergo a conflicting mental stage where they even prove as a danger to the family. Another study conducted by a member of the University Clinic Hamburg states that most of the child soldiers who were abducted and forced into anti-social activities suffer from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). This symptom is quite prevalent among the Ugandan and Congolese children to such an extent that they are getting deeply rooted in their psyche and hence they are indulging in revenge rather than welcoming any kind of reconciliation.
Despite the ongoing peace talks between the Lord Rebels Army (LRA) and the Ugandan Government to establish justice, the devastating effects of two war-torn decades can never be done away with. An estimated statistics by the United Nation brings to the fore that around 250,000 child soldiers are still caged in the wars. Fortunately, somewhere around 16,000 to 17,000 fled from the captivity but others are still under the rebels’ hold.
This is just a rough estimate; one never knows how many are still alive. Some children who have returned back to their normal life are behaving in weird ways. The reason being many, they were not only exposed to gruesome killing and forced to witness and participate in extreme violence, but also forced to indulge in sexual activities.
