World is Witness, a project of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, has featured a powerful story on the Lord Resistance Army’s (LRA) attacks in Congo.
Here’s an excerpt from the story of Marie, a teenage girl who was captured by the LRA during its attacks on Faradje, Congo:
I was at home with my family when I saw them. I ran with the others, but the LRA caught up and hit me in the head with the butt of a rifle. I was taken to the market and tied up with at least a hundred others. We saw them killing people in front of us with machetes and clubs, one by one.
Read the full post here. If you want to know more about what’s going on in eastern Congo, check out the Learn section of the STAND website.