LRA attacks Darfuri refugee camp in Sudan

Ugandan rebels of the Lord's Resistance Army have attacked a camp for Darfur displaced persons in south Sudan, killing at least five people and wounding several others.

A Sudanese army spokesman confirmed on Saturday that the attack happened in Western Bahr al-Ghazal state, which has a long border with Darfur.

"The attack happened on the 21st (of October) ... targeting the displaced people from Darfur in a camp," the Reuters news agency quoted Kuol Diem Kuol as saying.

Military sources said three police guarding the camp and two Darfuris were killed in the attack.

The attackers from the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) also abducted a number of people in the region during the ambush.

The LRA rebels, in desperate need of supplies, often raid southern Sudanese border villages.

The LRA became active in northern Uganda in 1988 and is categorized as one of the most brutal guerrilla movements in the world.

It is currently engaged in an armed rebellion against Uganda, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and some other African governments in what is now one of Africa's longest-running conflicts.

The movement, led by its ruthless leader Joseph Kony, is spread out in Congo, south Sudan, and the Central African Republic.

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[marmulakebozorg]

After the SPLA and Khartoum signed a peace deal, Bashir had no need of Kony and his LRA anymore, so he used LRA as a barging chip with Uganda. Bashir would expel the LRA if Uganda would make sure that John Garang would get an "accident". Which is exactly what happened. Now your government (Iran) supports Omar Bashir, and it is thanks to Bashir that a well armed LRA is still going around the heart of Africa spilling children's blood. Research first before posting ignorant videos. Khoda negah dar.

[marmulakebozorg]

My dear, your fellow "Muslim" Omar Bashir is the one that has armed and protected the LRA. Bashir gave Kony a house in, the than by the north controlled, city of Juba and gave the LRA places to build camps in parts of south Sudan that was still controlled by Khartoum. In return the LRA had to help Khartoum to fight the SPLA. This is why Omar Bashir is a war criminal, because he sheltered and armed the LRA.