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Africa News

The Uganda army has killed 16 rebels of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) in the Central African Republic (CAR) in the past few days. Ugandan army spokesman lieutenant colonel Felix Kulayigye said that the country's army killed five LRA men on May 29th while another 11 were killed on the 30th.

"Our squads are continuing to hunt down the LRA and this time, they landed on some groups and they engaged them in a fight,” army Spokesman told DPA.

Since 2008, LRA leader Kony with his militias has been on the run after regional States launched a chase to nab him after he rejected to sign a peace deal with Uganda. It is also alleged that his fighters have been moving in the forests of south Sudan, north-eastern Democratic Republic of Congo and the Central African Republic (CAR).

Five LRA commanders including its leader Joseph Kony are wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for murder, torture, rape, abductions and forced conscription of children into fighting.

The LRA, Ugandan militia notorious who have been fighting against Ugandan government since 1988, has killed 849 civilians and kidnapped a further 1,486, including 185 children in 2009, according to OCHA report released last February.