Sudan: Lord’s Resistance Army murders nun
February 08, 2011
The Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), a brutal group that has moved into southern Sudan after compiling a bloody record of human-rights abuses in northern Uganda, has murdered a 37-year-old nun, according to Bishop Edward Hiiboro Kussala of Tombura-Yambio.
“Each day that goes by without a solution to the LRA problem is another day of terror and pain for those of us living under constant threat of renewed attacks,” the bishop told Aid to the Church in Need, as he discussed a recent rash of kidnappings and murders in recent weeks. “The threat of violence widening could stress any new government in South Sudan, ruining the resources of a young nation as it fights to protect its citizens and prevent others from being drawn into the struggle.”
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Further information:
- Sudan: Stop the guerrilla fighters (Aid to the Church in Need)
- Peaceful Sudan vote seen as a miracle, but worries remain (CWN, 2/7)
- Lord’s Resistance Army (Wikipedia)
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