In what could be termed as a concrete step towards peace, Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) leader Joseph Kony has ordered his negotiation team to start peace talks with the Ugandan government that could fast track the signing of a peace deal by July 13 or 14. Ferrying this message was reinstated LRA chief peace delegate Dr. David Nyekorach Matsanga. In a statement issued in Nairobi, Wednesday, Dr. Matsanga said "General Kony has instructed me to reassure the world…that he will work towards the peace negotiations," adding that the “LRA this time around is determined to prove its critics wrong by signing the Peace Agreement and wait for the implementation stages to begin in Uganda." This is a welcome sign in a peace process that seemed all but doomed when Kony chose not to sign the Peace Agreement in April. We had stated in a recent blog entry that this peace cause was very much worth fighting for with millions of lives at stake and we hope that the two parties in the conflict would go the extra mile in securing it.
http://allafrica.com/stories/200807100037.html
Thursday, 10 July 2008
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