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UGANDARebels, government want peace The Ugandan government will begin peace talks with rebels in mid-July in an attempt to end a 19-year civil war in northern Uganda, an official said July 3, after government representatives met Southern Sudanese leaders who are expected to mediate the talks. "There will be no preconditions. Our main priority is peace in northern Uganda and southern Sudan," said Robert Kabushenga, a spokesman for the government delegation that was briefed on initial talks between the autonomous government of Southern Sudan and the rebel Lord's Resistance Army. Southern Sudan is keen to help end the conflict because it wants to stop Ugandan insurgents from killing, abducting and attacking civilians in the region as it prepares to rebuild after a 21-year civil war of its own. The insurgents are the remnants of a northern rebellion that began after President Yoweri Museveni, a southerner, took power in Uganda in 1986.
The Japan Times Weekly: July 8, 2006 |
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