DR Congo
Jan 31 2009, John

At least 100 bodies of people killed by Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) rebels of Joseph Kony have been discovered in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the UN mission has said.

The victims are believed to have been killed in an attack by LRA..

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