LRA rebels abduct girls in CAR

  1. Posted on Wednesday 13 October 2010 - 10:16
    Muhyadin
    Muhyadin Ahmed Roble, AfricaNews reporter in Nairobi, Kenya
    The Lord's Resistance Army of Uganda had abducted a number of girls during an ambush on the Central African Republic town of Birao. The notorious rebel unit also looted shops and took several civilians hostage, among them girls, on Sunday evening.
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    A senior member of the Central African Republic military said on condition of anonymity that the exact numbers of hostages are not clear, according to AFP.

    Another police officer in the town said the rebel took at least five people who run away when government troops arrived on the scene.

    The rebels have kidnapped at least 700 people in the Central African Republic since February last year, Human Rights Watch said.

    Birao is a garrison town near the borders with Chad and Sudan in an area where attacks by rebel groups including the LRA occur with regularity.

    Since 2008, LRA leader Kony with his militias has been on the run after regional States launched a chase to nab him after he rejected to sign a peace deal with Uganda.

    It is also alleged that his fighters have been moving in the forests of south Sudan, north-eastern Democratic Republic of Congo and the Central African Republic (CAR).

    Five LRA commanders including its leader Joseph Kony are wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for murder, torture, rape, abductions and forced conscription of children into fighting.

    The LRA, Ugandan militia notorious who have been fighting against Ugandan government since 1988, has killed 849 civilians and kidnapped a further 1,486, including 185 children in 2009, according to OCHA report released last February.

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