Thousands of civilians have been displaced in another deadly attack by suspected Lord’s Resistance Army rebels in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo, according to local sources.
“The population of Sambia fled to nearby Tadu and Tora; others sought refuge in the gold mining pits,” said Félicien Balani, chairman of the civil society organisation in Haut Uélé district.
Residents in the gold-mining village of Sambia, 130km east of Dungu, Orientale Province, put the number of dead at between five and 30, and said almost 10,000 people had fled following the 8 January attack. Another 10,000 civilians displaced from the town of Niangara have fled to Bangadi because of LRA activity in the area.
The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) estimated that some 70,000 civilians in Haut Uélé had been displaced since armed forces from DRC, Uganda and Southern Sudan began joint operations against the LRA in northeastern DRC in mid-December 2008.
Humanitarian access to many of these people remains problematic.
http://irinnews.org
MY COMMENT:
I wonder the day these wars will end in Africa. War has now become the headline in Africa. Almost every country has one rebel group or another. Some of them even setup branches like banks or companies. When will these stories end? Everyday is war; everyday people fight and kill one another. When the world looks for news stories on war they turn to Africa. We now make headlines not positive headlines but devastating stories. We have the resources to heal our land but instead we use them to kill each other. Is there a curse on us? Is it something we have done or what? Every part of the continent is engaged in one fight or another. We are not in chains but we are still in bondage. If we continue like this we will be the very cause of our extinction; we will cease to exist and the lands that we fight for will be laid to waste. Africans let’s come together and stop this war, let’s end this ..…. this curse that has tormented us for years, and is still tormenting us. Let’s stop killing ourselves and our children. AFRICA UNITE!
“The population of Sambia fled to nearby Tadu and Tora; others sought refuge in the gold mining pits,” said Félicien Balani, chairman of the civil society organisation in Haut Uélé district.
Residents in the gold-mining village of Sambia, 130km east of Dungu, Orientale Province, put the number of dead at between five and 30, and said almost 10,000 people had fled following the 8 January attack. Another 10,000 civilians displaced from the town of Niangara have fled to Bangadi because of LRA activity in the area.
The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) estimated that some 70,000 civilians in Haut Uélé had been displaced since armed forces from DRC, Uganda and Southern Sudan began joint operations against the LRA in northeastern DRC in mid-December 2008.
Humanitarian access to many of these people remains problematic.
http://irinnews.org
MY COMMENT:
I wonder the day these wars will end in Africa. War has now become the headline in Africa. Almost every country has one rebel group or another. Some of them even setup branches like banks or companies. When will these stories end? Everyday is war; everyday people fight and kill one another. When the world looks for news stories on war they turn to Africa. We now make headlines not positive headlines but devastating stories. We have the resources to heal our land but instead we use them to kill each other. Is there a curse on us? Is it something we have done or what? Every part of the continent is engaged in one fight or another. We are not in chains but we are still in bondage. If we continue like this we will be the very cause of our extinction; we will cease to exist and the lands that we fight for will be laid to waste. Africans let’s come together and stop this war, let’s end this ..…. this curse that has tormented us for years, and is still tormenting us. Let’s stop killing ourselves and our children. AFRICA UNITE!
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