Lord's Resistance Army rebels kill almost 200 in DR Congo: UN

KINSHASA: Ugandan Lord's Resistance Army rebels killed almost 200 people in a campaign in northeast Congo, a UN agency said in a report released Monday.
 
Since December 25, the rebels have killed 40 people in the Faradje district, 89 around Doruma and 60 in the Gurba area alone, said the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.

Its report said at least 120 houses have been burned down during the campaign.

Troops from Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda and southern Sudan have launched a military operation in the stricken region to find LRA leader Joseph Kony, who is wanted by a UN tribunal for war crimes.

Kony's rebels are accused of having raped and mutilated civilians, forcibly enlisting child soldiers and of massacring thousands during two decades of conflict.