Uganda 'seizes senior LRA rebel'

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Uganda has announced the capture of a senior commander from the rebel Lord's Resistance Army (LRA).

A spokesman for Uganda's military said Okot Atiak was held two weeks ago in the Central African Republic. He did not give any further details.

Okot Atiak is accused of leading the rebel fighters who murdered more than 200 civilians in a village in northern Uganda in 1995.

However, a spokesman for the LRA rejected the Ugandan army's claim.

The LRA's 20-year insurgency has spilt over several borders as it fights to overthrow Uganda's government and install a Bible-based theocracy.

The rebels are infamous for carrying out mutilations, kidnappings and rapes.

Tens of thousands of people have died and many more have been made homeless as LRA fighters have marauded through central Africa.