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The Lord's Resistance Army, a Ugandan rebel group, begins a series of attacks against civilians in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, massacring more than 400.
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Lord's Resistance Army
Christian extremist organization in Africa
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Uganda
Country in East Africa
Uganda, officially the Republic of Uganda, is a landlocked country in East Africa. It is bordered to the east by Kenya, to the north by South Sudan, to the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, to the south-west by Rwanda, and to the south by Tanzania. The southern part…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
2008 Christmas massacres
2008 attacks in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
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Democratic Republic of the Congo
Country in Central Africa
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), also known as the DR Congo, Congo-Kinshasa, or simply The Congo, or more infrequently Zaire is a country in Central Africa. By land area, it is the second-largest country in Africa and the 11th-largest in the world. With a population…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
December 24
Day of the year
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