The Lord's Resistance Army carried out massacres and abductions across the Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, South Sudan, and Uganda in 2008 and 2009.
Sources
- Insurgency-Related Conflict | Council on Foreign Relations (cfr.org)
- https://www.hrw.org/report/2010/03/28/trail-death/lra-atrocities-northeastern-congo (hrw.org)
- https://www.hrw.org/report/2009/02/16/christmas-massacres/lra-attacks-civilians-northern-congo (hrw.org)
- https://news.un.org/en/story/2009/12/324882 (news.un.org)
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