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32,000 flee Kony raids
By Jude Luggya
Nov 16, 2004
KAMPALA - At least 32,000 Sudanese refugees have crossed into Uganda following increasing raids on their villages by the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) rebels led by Joseph Kony.
The United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) said in a statement on Friday that the refugees had settled in the West Nile districts of Moyo, Adjumani, Yumbe and Arua.
The new arrivals are part of an upward trend since the refugee numbers have been growing higher in the past months with another 1,000 refugees registered in September this year.
The Sudanese People�s Liberation Army (SPLA) and the Uganda People�s Defence Forces (UPDF) have in the past months destroyed LRA bases in southern Sudan.
There are reports that SPLA fighters have been bringing their wives and children to refugee camps in Uganda to keep them away from frontlines as they intensify their offensive against the LRA in the Su dan.
The UNHCR spokesperson, Mr Dennis Duncan, said the upward trend of refugee influx was likely to continue yet the agency was running out of resources.
�Unfortunately, we are at the end of our budget line for 2004. So all facets of our programming including schooling, medical assistance and housing will be stretched to the limit,� Duncan said.
� 2004 The Monitor Publications
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