..and you thought "kony" was heading to Ethiopia!!!
4,000 Flee LRA Raids in Southern Sudan
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The Monitor (Kampala)
May 7, 2005
Posted to the web May 6, 2005
Frank Nyakairu
Gulu
Thousands of villagers have fled their homes to escape attacks by the rebel Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) in southern Sudan.
In the last one week thousands of sudanese have been forced to cross to Kitgum inside Uganda following stepped up attacks by LRA in different parts of the war ravaged south.
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The United Nations estimates, "more than 4,000 people have arrived at the refugee transit centre at Palorinya in northern Uganda seeking protection," UN spokeswoman Radhia Achouri said.
Many of the refugees said they had seen LRA rebels hacking people to death, cutting their lips off and burning homes, Achouri said.
Most of the refugees were in bad health on arrival, she said.
Meanwhile, several civilians were hacked to death on Thursday in Koch Goma outside Gulu town by suspected LRA rebels.
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"They killed nine civilians and wounded 14 in Koch Doma," the military spokesman based in Gulu, Lt. Tabaro Kiconco, said.
He said the LRA leadership was worried that the UPDF was weakening them drastically
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