LRA Kill 40 in Southern Sudan [View All]

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The LRA rebels last week killed about 40 people during a raid on villages in southern Sudan, including seven Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) guerrillas, a church leader and SPLA officials said on Saturday.

"On Friday morning, LRA rebels raided the small village of Moti, came across our small detachment there, overran it and killed seven of our fighters," SPLA liaison officer in Kampala, George Riak, told AFP by telephone.

Moti is a remote village about 50Kms southeast of the Khartoum-held town of Juba. The SPLA, which controls the major part of southern Sudan, has signed a framework peace agreement with Khartoum on ending the 21-year-old civil war in the south.

Another militia force, the Equatorial Defense Forces (EDF), claimed the LRA was aided by the Sudanese government gunships. "Hundreds of LRA rebels supported still by Government of Sudan Army have launched fresh full attack on the village of Moti," EDF's Secretary General, Charles Barnaba Kisanga, said in a press release.
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