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| | ACT News Update: Uganda |
 | | Geneva, March 10, 2005—Suspected Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) rebels attacked Adjumani District in northern Uganda last night, according to the Lutheran World Federation (LWF), a member of Action by Churches Together (ACT) International that is assisting internally displaced persons (IDPs) and Sudanese refugees in the area. |
 | | The head of the LWF program in Uganda, Craig Kippels, says initial reports are that six people were killed, 16 injured and an unknown number abducted. |
 | | LWF is assisting many of the estimated 20,000 IDPs in Adjumani District by providing access to clean water, access to farming tools and animals, food and food-preparation items, household supplies, educational supplies, and access to safe areas for sleeping. |
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