Uganda: LRA War Threats Scare Returnees in the North

18 September 2007

Kampala — THREATS by the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) rebels that they will launch attacks in northern Uganda if their bases in DR Congo are attacked are causing tension in the north.

The Lira resident district commissioner, Joan Pachoto, on Monday told the Government chief negotiator, Dr. Ruhakana Rugunda, that she had to call a security meeting last week to calm the growing fears.

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