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Internally displaced children in Tadu, north-eastern DRC, following deadly attacks by the LRA

UN reaches villages in north-eastern DR Congo attacked by Ugandan rebels

6 January 2009
The United Nations refugee agency has reached towns in the strife-torn eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the scene of bloody attacks carried out by the notorious Ugandan rebel group known as the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA).
WFP carries out operation in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo

UN continues assisting displaced in volatile eastern DR Congo

5 January 2009
The United Nations is continuing to rush assistance to help those uprooted by clashes in the war-torn far east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), including victims of violence at the hands of the notorious Ugandan rebel group known as the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA).
MONUSCO peacekeepers on patrol in the DRC

DR Congo: UN calls on rebels to resume talks with Government

2 January 2009
The United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) today called on the main rebel group in the east of the vast country to resume talks with the Government next week in a bid to end fighting that has forced over 250,000 from their homes since August.