Congo-Kinshasa: Protect Civilians in Northeast From Rebels - MSF - allAfrica.com

Date: 
Feb 5, 2009

The Ugandan rebel Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) is deliberately targeting civilians and hindering humanitarian access in Haut-Uélé, northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the NGO Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has said.

"It is clear [that] not much attention is being given to civilian protection," Hakim Chkam, an MSF field coordinator in Haut-Uélé, Orientale Province, said. "There is a total lack of civilian protection."

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