the conflict is one of the longest in africa. it has started a humanitarian crisis. the international criminal court says that the lra has violated human rights. this includes mutilation, torture, slavery, rape, the abduction (kidnapping) of civilians, the use of child soldiers, and a number of massacres. by 2004, the lra had abducted more than 20,000 children. 1.5 million civilians had to move. the lra killed about 100,000 civilians.