2008–2009 Garamba offensive

2008–2009 Garamba offensive
	Part of the Lord's Resistance Army insurgency
Date	14 December 2008 – 15 March 2009; (3 months and 1 day)
Location	North-Eastern DR Congo
Result	Unclear
Belligerents
Uganda; South Sudan; DR Congo	Lord's Resistance Army
Commanders and leaders
Yoweri Museveni	Joseph Kony
Casualties and losses
Unknown	Estimated 146+ rebels killed

The 2008–2009 Garamba offensive (codenamed Operation Lightning Thunder) started on 14 December 2008, when joint Ugandan, DR Congolese and Southern Sudanese forces launched a botched military attack against the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) in the Garamba region of DR Congo.

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