December 22, 2009 9:56 PM

printer

1,200 killed 1, 400 kidnapped by LRA in DR Congo : Report

A UN report says the Ugandan rebel group, the Lords Resistance Army (LRA), killed 1,200 people and kidnapped 1, 400 others in the Democratic Republic of Congo between September 2008 and June 2009. The report by the UN mission in the central African country says the LRA committed the crime mainly in Orientale province, where they abducted 600 children and 400 women. <br/><br/>The report was based on 14 UN investigations into the alleged human rights violation by the LRA in the districts of Haut Uele and Bas Congo in Orientale province. The LRA actions also led to the displacement of about 230,000 people.

Most Read
View All arrow-right

No posts found.