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Akol Harriet, about 34, at left holding a baby, stands with seven of her eight children in her home in Gulu. Harriet was abducted by LRA at the age of eight in Wiiagwem village in Lira District, and spent 13 years in the bush as a girl soldier and sex slave. she said her husband, a captain in charge, had four wives. She gave birth to two children in the bush and later had six more from the new husband. The new husband rarely stays with her. She sells boiled corns to support herself and children.

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Unending struggles of ex-girl soldiers in Uganda 2017
Akol Harriet, about 34, at left holding a baby, stands with seven of her eight children in her home in Gulu. Harriet was abducted by LRA at the age of eight in Wiiagwem village in Lira District, and spent 13 years in the bush as a girl soldier and sex slave. she said her husband, a captain in charge, had four wives. She gave birth to two children in the bush and later had six more from the new husband. The new husband rarely stays with her. She sells boiled corns to support herself and children.