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UN envoy holds Uganda peace talks UN's Egeland meets Uganda rebels
(about 13 hours later)
Top UN humanitarian chief Jan Egeland has met Ugandan government and rebel leaders to bolster peace talks aimed at ending a 20-year militant insurgency. UN humanitarian chief Jan Egeland is meeting senior Uganda rebel figures as part of efforts to bolster peace talks aimed at ending a 20-year insurgency.
The talks with the government and members of the Lord's Resistance Army took place in Juba, southern Sudan. Mr Egeland met rebel deputy leader Vincent Otti at a remote camp on the south Sudan border.
Mr Egeland said he had yet to decide whether to meet the highly secretive LRA leader Joseph Kony. He is also expected to see top leader Joseph Kony - wanted for alleged war crimes during the conflict.
Mr Egeland earlier said he would only meet if Mr Kony agreed to free children and women abducted by the LRA. Mr Egeland has said he will only meet Mr Kony if he agrees to free children and wounded people his forces abducted.
Sudan has been hosting talks between the Ugandan government and rebel leaders.
Accompanied by senior Sudan officials, Mr Egeland went to a camp in the south early on Sunday where fighters belonging to the rebel Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) are gathered.
LRA officials have said Mr Kony wanted to meet Mr Egeland.
Joseph Kony - a self-proclaimed mystic in his forties - has led the LRA through 20 years of brutal civil war in northern Uganda.
Many Ugandans have fled their homes
His fighters are accused of abducting children in northern Uganda and southern Sudan and driving more than 1.5 million people from their homes.
Tens of thousands of people have also died in the conflict.
Mr Egeland previously described the situation as the most neglected humanitarian crisis in the world.
Stalled progressStalled progress
LRA officials said Mr Kony wanted to meet Mr Egeland. The rebel leader has refused to attend Sudan-hosted peace talks in the southern town of Juba in case he is arrested.
The rebel leader has refused to attend the Juba peace talks in case he is arrested.
I will speak to anybody, anywhere, if it advances the humanitarian cause Jan Egeland
The Ugandan government says it will not consider an amnesty for the rebels until a peace deal is reached.The Ugandan government says it will not consider an amnesty for the rebels until a peace deal is reached.
However, the past few months have seen progress stall, with arguments over ceasefire violations and whether LRA fighters are really gathering at two designated assembly points.However, the past few months have seen progress stall, with arguments over ceasefire violations and whether LRA fighters are really gathering at two designated assembly points.
On Sunday, Mr Egeland will travel to one of those sites near the Congolese border.
Mr Egeland expressed hope that the relative calm of the past few months could continue and that displaced people could start to return to their homes.
He said he would "speak to anybody, anywhere, if it advances the humanitarian cause".
But he said his decision to meet Mr Kony would depend on whether the rebels made a statement of goodwill, promising to release wounded people and children.
Tens of thousands of people have died and more than one-and-a-half million displaced as the LRA attacked civilians and abducted children in northern Uganda and southern Sudan.
Mr Egeland will also travel to Sudan's war-torn region of Darfur in his last tour of Africa before he is due to stand down next month.