Central Africa: New UN Report Highlights Lord's Resistance Army Atrocities Against Children

6 June 2012

The Ugandan rebel group known as the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) remains among the most persistent perpetrators of grave violations against children, says a new United Nations report.

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's first report to the Security Council on the situation of children affected by the LRA documents violations committed against children, and measures taken to address the LRA threat between July 2009 and February 2012.

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