Sudan's referendum must not be derailed by the LRA
Here in the remote town of Yambio in Western Equatoria, the area of southern Sudan worst hit by the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), I have heard horrific stories of the violence perpetrated by the militia. One lady I met, abducted by the LRA militia but who mercifully escaped, told me her story, her legs still swollen and covered in sores from being on the march for days in the forest.
Abducted with her husband and two-month-old baby, the rebels deliberately mutilated her husband in front of her, then took her baby and threatened to do the same. She told me, "After that, there's no meaning for me to have ever come out of the forest.… Seguir leyendo »