South Sudan: SPLA rescue 46 Darfuris from LRA in Raja County, Western Bahr el-Ghazal

The recent attack on Raja raises fears about the extension of LRA activities to other parts of southern Sudan.

From Sudan Radio Service, 26 October 2009:
SPLA Rescue 46 IDPs From LRA in Raja County

(Juba) - Forty-six internally displaced persons from Darfur were rescued from the LRA by the SPLA in Raja county in Western Bahr el-Ghazal state on Sunday.

The IDPs were abducted in Kor-El Madia following attacks in the county by the LRA last Wednesday.

The SPLA spokesman, major-general Kuol Diem told Sudan Radio Service that the SPLA forces were at the village of Kor-El Madia when the LRA attacked the area

(Kuol Diem) Our force, Battalion 332, when they heard the clashes, they organized themselves to rescue the camp, but when they arrived at the displaced camp, they found that the LRA had left and were heading towards the Central African Republic. The force followed them until they found them, they clashed with the LRA and they entered the CAR, and the SPLA was able to bring back the civilians who were abducted by the LRA. They were forty-six in number.

The recent attack on Raja raises fears about the extension of LRA activities to other parts of southern Sudan.

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South Sudan: 3 police killed in LRA attack on Kor-al Madina village, Western Bahr el Ghazal

From Sudan Radio Service Friday 23 October 2009:
Three Die in LRA Attack on Raja

(Raja) - Three policemen were killed and 21 civilians were abducted following attacks by the Lord’s Resistance Army in Kor-al Madina on Tuesday in Western Bahr el Ghazal state.

The commissioner of Raja county, Louis Ramadan Fodul, spoke to Sudan Radio Service from Raja on Friday.

[Louis Ramadan Fodul]: “The LRA attacked Kor al-Madina village. They clashed with the police at the outskirts of the town for one hour, before the police ran out of ammunition. Three police officers were killed when they were trying to withdraw. The LRA reached the town, shooting at civilians, and destroyed the market. About twenty-one people were abducted. Our force, which is in Borro, could not intervene at night because it was raining and up to now they are still running after them, the last information we heard yesterday was that our forces clashed with them but the civilians are still with them and they are heading for the Central African Republic.”

Louis Ramadan Fodul, the commissioner of Raja county, was speaking to Sudan Radio Service from Raja in Western Bahr el Ghazal.

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