An LRA rebel keep vigil at Ri-kwangba near Garamba forest in April 2008. Remnants of the rebel Lord's Resistance Army are fleeing towards Central African Republic having been routed by a three-nation military operation, a Congolese official said Friday. (AFP/File/Tony Karumba)From Yahoo News/AFP:
KINSHASA (AFP) – Remnants of the rebel Lord's Resistance Army are fleeing towards Central African Republic having been routed by a three-nation military operation, a Congolese official said Friday.
The Ugandan rebel force, which is being tracked down by Congolese, Ugandan and Sudanese troops, has suffered heavy losses in fighting that has uprooted tens of thousands of people, Joseph Bangakya, deputy governor of the northeastern Orientale province, told AFP.
"The LRA has been routed," said Bangakya, whose vast and isolated province spanning the Ugandan and Sudanese borders has been the target of the military operation that began in mid-December.
But Bangui authorities said there was no sign the rebels had crossed into their country, even as they announced their were reinforcing security on their border with DR Congo.
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