Barlonyo, Lira — Hundreds of terrified internally displaced persons (IDPs) in northern
Uganda walked warily along the road from Barlonyo camp, 26 km north of Lira
on Monday, fleeing towards the nearby Ogur trading centre, where several
thousand who had earlier escaped the latest rebel attack were already
encamped.
Barlonyo camp, where the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) rebels killed at
least 200 IDPs on Saturday afternoon, was deserted. Rows of huts lay
smouldering alongside burnt water cans, bicycles and personal effects. The
stench of burning ash was thick in the air.
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