LRA demands an end to a joint regional military offensive against its forces in the DRC and urges UN mediators to organise fresh talks
Uganda’s fugitive rebel commander Joseph Kony is walking to the Sudan-Democratic of Republic of Congo border to sign a final peace deal this week with the Ugandan government, Western diplomatic sources said on Sunday. Officials said the Lord’s Resistance Army leader will sign two days ahead of an official ceremony in Juba.
Uganda and the rebel Lord’s Resistance Army are expected to sign a final peace deal to end one of Africa’s longest conflicts on April 5, about a week later than a Kampala deadline. Progress has slowed because of the rebels’ demand that the International Criminal Court drop war crimes indictments against their leader Joseph Kony.
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/ 25 February 2008
Uganda on Monday accused Lord’s Resistance Army rebels of breaking a truce by attacking civilians in the Central African Republic, threatening apparent progress at talks to end one of the continent’s longest wars. Representatives of the guerrilla group denied the allegation.
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/ 24 February 2008
The Ugandan government said it had signed a permanent ceasefire accord with the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) rebel group on Saturday, a landmark step in efforts to end more than two decades of civil war. Government delegation spokesperson Captain Chris Magezi called the accord ”another major breakthrough”.