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UPDF receives two former LRA captives and children repatriated from Central African Republic at Entebbe

Humanitarian & Crises Verified Wakiso 22 May 2026 Severity: 1/5

UPDF acting spokesperson Col Chris Magezi said two women formerly held by the Lord's Resistance Army, with three children, were flown from Bangui and received at the UPDF Airbase in Entebbe, escorted by Chief of Defence Intelligence and Security Maj Gen Richard Otto. According to Magezi, the women were among eight wives and 13 children who escaped LRA captivity in January; the others were handed to families in their home countries.

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