A child soldier is a child who has been kidnapped and forced to fight in a conflict in which he would not normally be involved. Child soldiers have their relatively normal childhoods taken away if they are abducted. Instead of playing with other children, they are forced to kill them. Many are forced to watch people they knew being tortured and may even take part in the act. Child soldiers are banned internationally, but many countries still use them today. Uganda is a country where they are used. The use of children in armed fighting in Uganda highlights the fact that the concept of power is truly a double-edged sword. The country of Uganda is a struggling nation and has difficulties with living conditions, economics and politics. Uganda uses a republican form of government. It has a mixed legal system of English common law and customary law. The country has myriad natural resources “including fertile soils, regular rainfall, small deposits of copper, gold and other minerals, and recently discovered oil” (“CIA World Factbook”). The country itself has the potential to become rich and more powerful, but before it can access and use these resources, it is necessary to improve the living conditions of the country's population. To do this the country is currently attempting to stabilize the economy by undertaking economic reform. However, “unreliable energy, high energy costs, inadequate transportation infrastructure, and corruption inhibit economic development and investor confidence” (CIA World Factbook). Again, many small things need to be changed and fixed before achieving the ultimate goal of improving the economy is remotely possible. Overall......half of the paper......2%2580%2599s-resistance-army>.Mark, Monica. "Joseph Kony child soldier returns to the village of his terrified childhood." Guardian News and Media, 23 July 2013. Web. 20 May 2014. .Storr, it will be. “Kony's child soldiers: 'When you kill for the first time, you change'” The Telegraph, 2 February 2014. Web. 20 May 2014. “Studies explore effects of war on former child soldiers.” Everyday science. Network. May 6, 2014. “U.S. Relations with Uganda.” U.S. Department of State, October 8, 2013. Web. May 20, 2014. “The World Factbook: Uganda.” Central intelligence agency. Network. May 8 2014. .