Birao

Djéma

Yalinga

Rafai

Bria

Ouadda

Bakouma OboZémio

Gambo

Bangassou

Ouanda-Djallé

Bambouti

Ouango

HAUTE-KOTTO

MBOMOU

VAKAGA

HAUT-MBOMOU

ORIENTALE

BAS-UÉLÉ

ITURI

HAUT-UÉLÉ

TSHOPO

Ango

Bondo Dungu

Poko

Watsa

Aru

Faradje

Rungu

Wamba

BambesaButa

Niangara

Mahagi

Djugu

Irumu

Mambasa

SOUTHERN DARFUR

WESTERN EQUATORIA

WESTERN BAHR EL GHAZAL

CENTRAL EQUATORIA

Wau

Ibba

Yei

Ezo

Tambura

MaridiYambioNzara

Raja

Aru

Poko

Ango

Dungu

WatsaRungu

Isirio

FaradjeBambesaNiangara

Rafai Zémio

Djéma

Ouadda

Yalinga

Bambouti

Ouanda-Djallé

Yei

Wau

Ezo

Juba

NzaraYambio

Maridi

Tambura

TamburaObo

Birao

Bangassou

Bria

Mboki

Agoumar

Sam-Ouandjia

Ouandjia

CHAD

UGANDA

SOUTH SUDAN

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO

CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC

SUDAN

49,000

9,226 DRC 1,143 CAR

8,811 DRC

8,5266,008 DRC

24,410

12,482

53,630

268,754

1,300 CAR

The boundaries and names shown and the designations used on all maps do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the United Nations.

Number of IDPs

LRA Attacks Jul - Sep 2012 (Q3) Areas a�ected by LRA in the past

Areas a�ected by LRA in 2012

000

000 Number of Refugees

LRA Regional Update: Central African Republic, DR Congo and South Sudan July - September 2012 (Quarter 3)

Sources of data and map: OCHA , UNHCR, GAUL, UNCS Compiled by OCHA Eastern Africa, Nairobi, 2 November 2012E-mail: conwaym@un.org

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LRA Attacks in CAR & DRC January - September 2012

DRC - No. of attacks CAR - No. of attacks

LRA - induced displacements in DRC, CAR and South Sudan

as at 30 September 2012

DRC

CARSouth Sudan

IDPs Refugees

346,794 1,300

21,008 6,008

49,000 19,180

Total 416,802 26,488

The LRA continues to spread fear in remote border areas of the Democratic Republic of

the Congo (DRC) and the Central African Republic (CAR)

and impede humanitarian access to displaced and host communities in need of life-saving assistance. An estimated 443,000 people are today displaced from their homes in LRA-affected areas, many depending on international assistance for food, shelter, health care, water and sanitation. Some 180 presumed LRA attacks causing 39 deaths have been recorded by humanitarian partners in the DRC and the CAR between January and September 2012, including 52 attacks between July and September causing 15 deaths. Of the 66 abductions recorded since July, 20 per cent were children and 40 people disappeared in the CAR.

Democratic Republic of the CongoThe humanitarian consequences of the LRA violence continue to be most extensive in Haut and Bas Uélé districts of the DRC where an estimated 347,000 persons are displaced. Access remains the number one challenge due to insecurity and limited road networks. Partners reported 43 presumed LRA attacks in the DRC this quarter, with the majority (72 per cent) concentrated in Dungu Territory in Haut Uélé, Province Orientale. Since January 2012, 138 presumed LRA attacks were reported by partners in the DRC, with 19 deaths and 109 abductions, a third of whom were children.

Central African RepublicIn the CAR, nine presumed LRA attacks led to new displacements, bringing the number of displaced to 21,000 in CAR, in addition to the 6,000 Congolese refugees hosted in refugee camps in Haut Mboumou. Most of the attacks (five) occurred in September, which accounts for five civilian casualties, 37 abductions and approximately 1,300 newly displaced persons. Overall,

42 attacks, 20 deaths and 84 abductions (including eight children) have been reported in CAR since January 2012.

South SudanNo LRA attacks have been reported in 2012. Due to improvement in the security situation in late 2011 and 2012, about 21,000 people displaced by LRA incidents in Western Equatoria State have returned to their places of origin in Yambio, Nzara, Ezo, Mundri and Maridi and Tambura counties. There are 49,000 people who have fled their homes due to the LRA who remain internally displaced. South Sudan is also host to some 18,037 Congolese and 1,143 Central African refugees.

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Reported LRA incidents in DRC and CAR: January - September 2012

DRCCAR

LRA Attacks Jan - Jun 2012 (Q1/Q2)