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| Uganda says it has captured a commander of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) at a national park in the north-eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. | Uganda says it has captured a commander of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) at a national park in the north-eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. |
| An army spokesman said Thomas Kwoyelo, believed to be LRA fourth-in-command, was seized in fighting on Tuesday. | An army spokesman said Thomas Kwoyelo, believed to be LRA fourth-in-command, was seized in fighting on Tuesday. |
| It came as Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni and his Congolese counterpart, Joseph Kabila, prepared to meet. | It came as Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni and his Congolese counterpart, Joseph Kabila, prepared to meet. |
| The two leaders are due to discuss their joint operation against the LRA, which was launched in December. | The two leaders are due to discuss their joint operation against the LRA, which was launched in December. |
| Thomas was injured and is now in our custody Major Felix Kulayigye Congo-Uganda mission under strain | |
| Ugandan troops were due to leave DR Congo last month and the Congolese government says the job of dismantling the LRA is almost complete, but Uganda disagrees. | |
| The rebels have attacked Congolese villages, massacring more than 900 people since the offensive began just before Christmas. | The rebels have attacked Congolese villages, massacring more than 900 people since the offensive began just before Christmas. |
| A Ugandan army spokesman said Mr Kwoyelo had been wounded during fighting in the remote forests of Garamba National Park. | A Ugandan army spokesman said Mr Kwoyelo had been wounded during fighting in the remote forests of Garamba National Park. |
| Major Felix Kulayigye told AFP news agency: "We had contact with the rebels yesterday. Thomas was injured and is now in our custody. | Major Felix Kulayigye told AFP news agency: "We had contact with the rebels yesterday. Thomas was injured and is now in our custody. |
| "We also have some of the fighters who were with him, while others ran away." | "We also have some of the fighters who were with him, while others ran away." |
| The BBC's Joshua Mmali, in the Ugandan capital Kampala, says the capture of the little-known rebel is being greeted by the public more with a shrug of indifference. | The BBC's Joshua Mmali, in the Ugandan capital Kampala, says the capture of the little-known rebel is being greeted by the public more with a shrug of indifference. |
| LRA leader Joseph Kony is the man they want to see in custody, says our correspondent. | LRA leader Joseph Kony is the man they want to see in custody, says our correspondent. |
| But he remains as elusive as he was when the conflict began more than two decades ago. | But he remains as elusive as he was when the conflict began more than two decades ago. |
| Mr Kwoyelo is not one of Mr Kony's two deputies, who have been indicted along with the LRA leader on war crimes charges by the International Criminal Court. | Mr Kwoyelo is not one of Mr Kony's two deputies, who have been indicted along with the LRA leader on war crimes charges by the International Criminal Court. |
| Mr Kony's long and brutal rebellion against the Ugandan government has left tens of thousands of people dead, driven some two million people from their homes and destabilised a swathe of central Africa. | Mr Kony's long and brutal rebellion against the Ugandan government has left tens of thousands of people dead, driven some two million people from their homes and destabilised a swathe of central Africa. |
| Last year, the LRA leader refused to sign a final peace deal thrashed out at two years of talks in neighbouring South Sudan - prompting the Ugandan military to lead the latest offensive. | Last year, the LRA leader refused to sign a final peace deal thrashed out at two years of talks in neighbouring South Sudan - prompting the Ugandan military to lead the latest offensive. |
| The LRA has insisted the war crimes indictments must be lifted before signing a deal to end the conflict. | The LRA has insisted the war crimes indictments must be lifted before signing a deal to end the conflict. |
| The rebels are accused of having raped and mutilated civilians, forcibly enlisting child soldiers and of massacring thousands during two decades of conflict. | The rebels are accused of having raped and mutilated civilians, forcibly enlisting child soldiers and of massacring thousands during two decades of conflict. |