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Aru
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Rungu
Wamba
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Niangara
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WESTERN EQUATORIA
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SOUTH SUDAN
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC
SUDAN
49,000
9,226 DRC 1,143 CAR
8,811 DRC
8,5266,008 DRC
24,410
12,482
53,630
268,754
1,300 CAR
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Number of IDPs
LRA Attacks Jul - Sep 2012 (Q3) Areas a�ected by LRA in the past
Areas a�ected by LRA in 2012
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LRA Regional Update: Central African Republic, DR Congo and South Sudan July - September 2012 (Quarter 3)
Sources of data and map: OCHA , UNHCR, GAUL, UNCS Compiled by OCHA Eastern Africa, Nairobi, 2 November 2012E-mail: [email protected]
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LRA Attacks in CAR & DRC January - September 2012
DRC - No. of attacks CAR - No. of attacks
LRA - induced displacements in DRC, CAR and South Sudan
as at 30 September 2012
DRC
CARSouth Sudan
IDPs Refugees
346,794 1,300
21,008 6,008
49,000 19,180
Total 416,802 26,488
The LRA continues to spread fear in remote border areas of the Democratic Republic of
the Congo (DRC) and the Central African Republic (CAR)
and impede humanitarian access to displaced and host communities in need of life-saving assistance. An estimated 443,000 people are today displaced from their homes in LRA-affected areas, many depending on international assistance for food, shelter, health care, water and sanitation. Some 180 presumed LRA attacks causing 39 deaths have been recorded by humanitarian partners in the DRC and the CAR between January and September 2012, including 52 attacks between July and September causing 15 deaths. Of the 66 abductions recorded since July, 20 per cent were children and 40 people disappeared in the CAR.
Democratic Republic of the CongoThe humanitarian consequences of the LRA violence continue to be most extensive in Haut and Bas Uélé districts of the DRC where an estimated 347,000 persons are displaced. Access remains the number one challenge due to insecurity and limited road networks. Partners reported 43 presumed LRA attacks in the DRC this quarter, with the majority (72 per cent) concentrated in Dungu Territory in Haut Uélé, Province Orientale. Since January 2012, 138 presumed LRA attacks were reported by partners in the DRC, with 19 deaths and 109 abductions, a third of whom were children.
Central African RepublicIn the CAR, nine presumed LRA attacks led to new displacements, bringing the number of displaced to 21,000 in CAR, in addition to the 6,000 Congolese refugees hosted in refugee camps in Haut Mboumou. Most of the attacks (five) occurred in September, which accounts for five civilian casualties, 37 abductions and approximately 1,300 newly displaced persons. Overall,
42 attacks, 20 deaths and 84 abductions (including eight children) have been reported in CAR since January 2012.
South SudanNo LRA attacks have been reported in 2012. Due to improvement in the security situation in late 2011 and 2012, about 21,000 people displaced by LRA incidents in Western Equatoria State have returned to their places of origin in Yambio, Nzara, Ezo, Mundri and Maridi and Tambura counties. There are 49,000 people who have fled their homes due to the LRA who remain internally displaced. South Sudan is also host to some 18,037 Congolese and 1,143 Central African refugees.
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Reported LRA incidents in DRC and CAR: January - September 2012
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LRA Attacks Jan - Jun 2012 (Q1/Q2)