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| LRA whacking civilians again in DR Congo, UN to react |
| 2008-12-28 |
| The United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) today rushed a company of Government army troops to the north-east of the vast country, following reliable reports that elements of the Ugandan rebel Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) had massacred at least 15 villagers. According to the reports, the rebels, fleeing a joint military operation by the DRC, Uganda and Southern Sudan to flush them out of a remote national park in north-eastern DRC, committed grave violations of human rights against civilians in Faradje, 120 kilometres east of Dungu, killing the villagers, plundering and destroying houses, said the mission, known by its French acronym MONUC. "MONUC is gravely concerned by these reports from reliable sources," the mission said in a statement. "At the request of the chief of staff of FARDC (the DRC army), MONUC today transported a company of Congolese soldiers to the area in order to prevent further attacks by the LRA," it added. "Tomorrow a second company will be transported to another town in Haut-Uélé, where another LRA group is operating." |
| Posted by:Steve White |