The Christmas Massacres

LRA attacks on Civilians in Northern Congo

Map 1: Democratic Republic of Congo

Map 2: Location of Christmas Massacres

Map 3: Villages Attacked by the LRA in Doruma Area

I. Summary

II. Recommendations

III. Methodology

IV. Background

The War in northern Uganda

Justice and Peace Efforts

LRA Prepares for Further War

MONUC and Congolese Army Action against the LRA..

International Humanitarian Law..

V. Attacks on Civilians between September and November 2008..

Killings and Abductions

Inadequate Protection

VI. The Christmas Massacres

Operation Lightning Thunder

Killings December 2008 and January 2009

Attacks in southern Sudan

Rescue and Surrender

VII. Life with the LRA: The Children Speak

VIII. Response from the LRA..

IX. Recent International Action on the LRA..

A Failed Peace Process

The United States

The United Nations

Acknowledgments

Annex I: Civilians Killed by the LRA over the Christmas Period

Annex II: Civilians Killed by the LRA in the First Wave of Attacks

Annex III: Children Abducted by the LRA..

Annex IV: Adults Abducted by the LRA in Faradje and Surroundings