Bangui, Central African Republic, Sept 16, 2026 (AFP) - Lord's Resistance Army blamed for C.Africa mass kidnapping

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2026-09-16

At least 30 people were kidnapped at the weekend in the Central African Republic, several local sources told AFP on Wednesday, blaming fighters from the Lord's Resistance Army. The security situation in the landlocked central African nation has improved since a bloody civil war in the 2010s. But several rebel movements remain active in border regions with Sudan to the north and the Democratic Republic of Congo to the south. "We don't yet have the......

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