Anti-Genocide Group Says LRA Violence Tops the World's Deadliest

In a post titled 'Even Worse Than We Thought', our colleagues over at Genocide Intervention Network report that the violence carried out against civilians by the Lord's Resistance Army ranks among the highest in the world, outpacing all other violent conflicts in Africa.

In their words:

The violence committed against Congolese and Southern Sudanese civilians by the Lord's Resistance Army is worse than previously thought. Last Friday, we cited conservative reports of at least 620 people killed by the LRA since September. Reports issued this week indicate that over 1120 civilians have been killed, nearly doubling our original estimate. 100 of these deaths were discovered on Wednesday when as many bodies were found in the town of Tora. More reports of LRA killings are trickling in from remote areas, and the numbers may continue to rise.

To be clear, this is a very large number and a very fast rate of slaughter.

As detailed in our public alert, this rate of killing is currently higher than what we see in Darfur or Somalia, and the attacks are 100% deliberately targeted against civilians. The rate of killing in December and January approaches the number of civilians dying in Iraq, the deadliest place on earth for civilians.