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| Rebels kidnap 100 civilians in DR Congo: UN |
| 2016-06-09 |
| [Iran Press TV] Suspected Ugandan rebels have kidnapped about 100 people during an attack in the troubled northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo ...formerly the Congo Free State, Belgian Congo, Zaire, and who knows what else, not to be confused with the Brazzaville Congo aka Republic of Congo, which is much smaller and much more (for Africa) stable. DRC gave the world Patrice Lumumba and Joseph Mobutu, followed by years of tedious civil war. Its principle industry seems to be the production of corpses. With a population of about 74 million it has lots of raw material... , the UN says. Lieutenant-Colonel Martin Amouzou Codjo, front man for the UN Stabilization Mission in the DR Congo (MONUSCO), told a press briefing on Wednesday that members of Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) kidnapped the civilians during an assault on two villages during the attack in Bas-Uele province on June 4. He said rebels also went on a looting spree across the volatile region. "These attackers also kidnapped nearly a hundred people to carry the loot," Codjo told a presser in the capital, Kinshasa. The front man also strongly denounced the regular atrocities committed by the ruthless LRA against civilians in the northeast of the African country. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 Taking slaves is an expected practice in tribal clashes. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2016-06-09 11:16 |