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| Three African armies have launched a joint offensive against Ugandan rebels based in eastern DR Congo, military officials say in Uganda. | Three African armies have launched a joint offensive against Ugandan rebels based in eastern DR Congo, military officials say in Uganda. |
| Uganda, DR Congo and the government of South Sudan reportedly moved against the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) in the Garamba region of DR Congo. | Uganda, DR Congo and the government of South Sudan reportedly moved against the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) in the Garamba region of DR Congo. |
| LRA leader Joseph Kony, wanted by the International Criminal Court, has recently stalled on a peace deal. | LRA leader Joseph Kony, wanted by the International Criminal Court, has recently stalled on a peace deal. |
| The LRA has led a rebellion for more than 20 years in northern Uganda. | The LRA has led a rebellion for more than 20 years in northern Uganda. |
| The fighting has displaced some two million people. | The fighting has displaced some two million people. |
| Uganda's government has been involved in lengthy peace negotiations with the LRA, but the rebels' leader has demanded that arrest warrants for him and his associates are dropped before any agreement can be struck. | |
| A statement announcing the operation was released in the Ugandan capiital Kampala by the intelligence chiefs of all three armed forces. | |
| The statement said the attack targeted the "terrorists" at their bases in the forested area of Garamba, in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, AFP news agency said. | |
| "The three armed forces successfully attacked the main body and destroyed the main camp of Kony, code-named camp Swahili, setting it on fire," the statement said. |