15 villagers slain by Ugandans
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Ugandan rebels fleeing a multinational offensive have raided a Congolese village and killed at least 15 people, U.N. peacekeepers said.
Troops from Uganda, Congo and southern Sudan launched an assault Dec. 14 against the Lord’s Resistance Army. They so far have failed to corner its reclusive leader, Joseph Kony.
The U.N. mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo said fleeing fighters this week attacked the village of Faradje, near the border with Sudan. In addition to killing villagers, they looted and destroyed homes, it said.
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