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/ 4 October 2006

Deep into the bush to find Uganda’s LRA rebels

The rebel soldier sprawls on a rock, languidly pulls off his boots and reaches into a twine bag to grab a packet of biscuits. ”You’re just looking for war stories,” the 36-year-old Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) rebel says when I ask him where he got a dozen scars around his ankle. It’s true, I am, and he doesn’t take the bait.

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/ 21 September 2006

Uganda ceasefire: Rebels seek more time

Surrounded by rebels in mismatched uniforms close to Sudan’s border with Uganda, a Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) commander said on Thursday his troops needed more time to assemble for a ceasefire. A truce deadline between Uganda and the LRA expired on Tuesday but fighters continue to stream into two designated assembly points in neighbouring south Sudan.

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/ 9 September 2006

South Sudanese await arrival of LRA rebels

As dusk falls in a jungle clearing in the wild borderlands of Southern Sudan near the Ugandan border, villagers stare nervously into a twisted mass of trees. Somewhere out there, hidden in the surrounding thick bush, are Lord’s Resistance Army rebels who have terrorised this region since being driven out of northern Uganda where they have waged a brutal, nearly 20-year insurgency.