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Ugandan LRA rebels and goverment extend truce
14 Apr 2007 13:28:03 GMT
Source: Reuters
RI-KWANGBA, Sudan, April 14 (Reuters) - Uganda's government and Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) rebels signed a new two-month truce on Saturday, boosting efforts to end one of Africa's longest and most brutal wars.

The two sides also agreed to resume stalled peace talks on April 26 in the south Sudan capital, Juba. The agreement gave the LRA guerrillas a six-week deadline to assemble in Ri-Kwangba, near the border with Democratic Republic of Congo.
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A view of part of a sugarcane plantation in Mabira Forest Reserve, 55km (34 miles) east of the capital Kampala, April 21, 2007. Uganda has suffered violent protests in recent weeks over government plans to give at least 7,100 hectares (17,500 acres) of Mabira Forest, a nature reserve since 1932, to a sugar cane company. Picture taken April 21, 2007. To match feature UGANDA-FOREST/



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