| The Sudan People's Liberation Army says that a Ugandan rebel group has attacked and killed several of its fighters in the south of the country. An Anglican church says dozens of civilians have been killed by the same rebel group, the Lords Resistance Army. The LRA has been terrorizing much of northern Uganda for the past 18 years, killing and abducting civilians, most of them children. But their atrocities are also being carried out inside southern Sudan. The SPLA says a large group of Ugandan rebels attacked its position near the Sudanese town of Torit, killing seven SPLA soldiers. It says the LRA attacked on Friday morning and reports that civilians were also targeted by the rebel group, which has no clear political agenda. Meanwhile the Anglican church in southern Sudan claims that the LRA rebels have been operating in small groups attacking civilians, principally to raid cattle. Rev Paul Yugusuk of Lomega Anglican church says that over the past week at least 26 civilians have been killed. |