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Uganda’s LRA rebels abduct 100 children in CAR-report Wed. March 12, 2008 05:33 am.- By Bonny Apunyu. - (SomaliNet)Uganda’s Lords Resistance Army (LRA) rebels have been accused of carrying out the biggest abduction in three years – leaving over 100 children in rebel hands in Central African Republic. The rebels attacked Obo town in southeastern CAR on March 5 and 6, looting and taking children between 15 and 18 years them. Some hundreds of men loyal to LRA leader Joseph Kony made disturbances in Obo, 1400km from the capital Bangui, according to two reports seen by Daily Monitor, a local news agency APA said. The newswire quoted Mr Auguste Aboute, the deputy administrator of Hout MBOMUO as saying, “They took advantage of the populations and abducted many people between the age of 15 and 18 before retreating back to the jungle.” He said the hundreds of rebels scared the “only two French policemen who could not confront them.” Another report by the UN put the number of those abducted at 100. “Over 200 rebels suspected to be from Uganda came and abducted over 100 people on March 5th at night,” the report said. “The population of Obo has spent nights in the bush fearing that the rebels could return any time.” Daily Monitor reported last month that LRA rebels had been seen leaving their hideout near the DR Congo-Sudan border for Central African Republic. LRA spokesman David Nyekorach-Matsanga denied the reports and said the rebels had never shifted camp to the central African country. “I have just been talking to Gen. Joseph Kony, he is in Ri-Kwangba and those wild allegations that the LRA is abducting people in CAR are just utter nonsense,” Dr Matsanga said in a telephone interview from The Hague, Netherlands, where the rebels’ lawyers went to appeal against the ICC warrants against Kony. This is the largest abduction since peace talks began in Juba, southern Sudan in 2006. It is feared that persistent accusations of atrocities by the LRA could choke the talks that many hoped would end the 21-year war in northern Uganda.-Daily Monitor News Category: Africa Latest Headlines Latest News Sudan: Thousands flee clashes in Sudan 'Somalia talks a waste of time'- Islamist leader Sh... Philippine: Communist rebel beheaded by gov’t trooper... U.S: Jury convicts Taliban member on narco-terrorism ... Afghanistan: 18 police officers, civilians killed in ... Turkey: Two workers killed, 5 injured as blast hits T... China: Earthquake death toll could exceed 50 000- re... Bangladesh: 8 killed, dozens injured as trains collid... Indonesia: Fuel prices set to rise by 30 per cent India: Militant group claims responsibility for Jaipu... More News...