afrol News, 19 September - South Sudan's military has accused Ugandan Lord's Resistance Army rebels today of a surprise attack on Democratic Republic of Congo border, which killed two people.

According to local media source, Sudan Tribune, about one hundred LRA rebels made a surprise attack on Thursday morning on Sudan People's Liberation Army (SLPA) military barracks in Sakure about 30 km from Yambio.

Minister of Information and Communications Col Joseph Ngere said a child was thrown live into flames of burnt house of area's chief, which is just three kilometers from SPLA military barracks at Sudan-DRC international borders.

He said it came as a complete surprise, adding that rebels had also attacked nearby village of Sakure.

Mr Ngere concluded: "There is no reason for negotiation and wasting of resources for the LRA dead-locked peace deal."

LRA attacks since early 2006 in Western Equatoria have left fear and hunger in the region, and many citizens wonder whether government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) is serious about security.

Despite government's recent move to send more soldiers to the region, many feel that GoSS is deaf to their plight and pleas for peace.

Mr Joseph Kony, who is sought by International Criminal Court for war crimes, became a traditional healer in an Acholi village as a young man. When current government came to power in 1986 and began a crackdown in Acholiland, Mr Kony emerged as leader of LRA resistance movement.

LRA has led a rebellion against government for more than 20 years, which has left some two million people displaced. The group has relocated to camps on Sudan-DR Congo border for the last two years during peace negotiations.

Northern Uganda's two-decade civil war killed tens of thousands of people and displaced two million more, destabilising neighbouring parts of south Sudan and mineral-rich Democratic Republic of the Congo.

In June, LRA fighters killed 23 people, including 14 SPLA soldiers, in a similar attack at Namanga at DRC border.

Two years of peace talks in south Sudan between LRA and Ugandan government collapsed in April when elusive guerrilla leader Mr Kony failed to sign a final peace deal.

Mr Kony is wanted for war crimes by prosecutors at the International Criminal Court in The Hague.

By staff writer

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