AFP said the scene of the attack was a displaced persons' camp. On Sunday, rebels killed 16 people in Mutura commune. Six of the dead were found burnt in their homes, military sources told the Rwanda News Agency. Extensive flood damage reported Humanitarian sources report that heavy rains in the Lake Victoria Basin over the past two months have caused extensive flooding with at least 20,000 people affected in Lira district, and possibly the same number in Apac. The volume of water flowing through the Owen Falls Dam was last week double its normal rate.
All districts touching the two lakes have been affected, sources say.
The government is reportedly considering blowing up the islands. The three-day talks floundered on the key issues of state and religion and the definition of the south. Tropical thunderstorms have disrupted food air drops into famine-hit south Sudan, WFP reported. He said the ICRC could not confirm or deny reports from NGOs and donor countries that up to 60 percent of food aid is being stolen by government troops or rebel forces. 30,000 displaced in rebel attacks Over 30,000 people have been displaced by recent rebel attacks in Kayanza province, humanitarian sources report.