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April 22, 2000
   
An aid convoy of Catholic Relief Service trucks moving through northern Uganda was ambushed by Lord's Resistance Army rebels. One man in the convoy was killed. The convoy of 19 trucks was returning from south Sudan. The LRA is a client force of the Sudanese Muslim government in Khartoum. LRA strikes against aid convoys in Uganda not only cause Uganda trouble but they strike at medical and food support for southern Sudanese.