Rebels Ask Government to Agree to a Cease-Fire
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Uganda’s Lord’s Resistance Army declared a cease-fire and called on the government to lay down its arms ahead of peace talks scheduled to resume in Sudan next week.
A spokesman contacted by satellite telephone at the rebels’ camp in the Democratic Republic of Congo said the cessation of hostilities was issued by the rebels’ deputy commander, Vincent Otti, on behalf of LRA leader Joseph Kony.
Otti, who is wanted by the International Criminal Court, has rejected requests by mediators to attend the negotiations, saying he feared arrest.
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