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Museveni 'to attend LRA talks' Museveni 'to attend LRA talks'
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Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni is reportedly planning to meet face to face with Lord's Resistance Army rebels at peace talks in Juba, southern Sudan.Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni is reportedly planning to meet face to face with Lord's Resistance Army rebels at peace talks in Juba, southern Sudan.
LRA spokesman Godfrey Ay called the move premature but told the BBC the LRA team "would have no cause to turn away from meeting him". LRA spokesman Godfrey Ayo called the move premature but told the BBC the LRA team "would have no cause to turn away from meeting him".
He said the LRA wanted an explanation for two separate alleged attacks on his fighters on Monday by Ugandan troops.He said the LRA wanted an explanation for two separate alleged attacks on his fighters on Monday by Ugandan troops.
Talks began in July to try to end the 20-year conflict in northern Uganda.Talks began in July to try to end the 20-year conflict in northern Uganda.
Mr Ay said they were not close to signing a deal so there is no reason for the leaders to meet at present. Mr Ayo said they were not close to signing a deal so there is no reason for the leaders to meet at present.
"He thinks whenever he is absent nothing happens. No other person can perform better than him. No other person can move issues better than him.""He thinks whenever he is absent nothing happens. No other person can perform better than him. No other person can move issues better than him."
"But we will treat him as a member of the government delegation. We will not treat him any differently from how we treat the other people.""But we will treat him as a member of the government delegation. We will not treat him any differently from how we treat the other people."
Government spokesman Robert Kabushenga told the BBC he was out of the country so could not confirm the media reports, but he said he would not be surprised if Mr Museveni did attend the talks at some point.Government spokesman Robert Kabushenga told the BBC he was out of the country so could not confirm the media reports, but he said he would not be surprised if Mr Museveni did attend the talks at some point.
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On Monday, Mr Ay said LRA fighters were attacked as they headed to one of two safe havens in southern Sudan. On Monday, Mr Ayo said LRA fighters were attacked as they headed to one of two safe havens in southern Sudan.
He said two LRA soldiers had sustained life-threatening injuries in the attack on Birinyang in southern Sudan.He said two LRA soldiers had sustained life-threatening injuries in the attack on Birinyang in southern Sudan.
He called the incident a very grave violation of the truce which threatened the peace talks and he called for a thorough investigation of what had happened.He called the incident a very grave violation of the truce which threatened the peace talks and he called for a thorough investigation of what had happened.
But UPDF spokesman Major Felix Kulayigye said he knew of no such incident taking place.But UPDF spokesman Major Felix Kulayigye said he knew of no such incident taking place.
He said Birinyang was a former LRA base in southern Sudan which had been occupied since 2002 by UPDF troops.He said Birinyang was a former LRA base in southern Sudan which had been occupied since 2002 by UPDF troops.
The cessation of hostilities agreement signed by both sides at the peace talks had recently been extended after a monitoring group had found that both the LRA and the Ugandan government had so far failed to honour its terms.The cessation of hostilities agreement signed by both sides at the peace talks had recently been extended after a monitoring group had found that both the LRA and the Ugandan government had so far failed to honour its terms.
The LRA had been given more time to assemble at two points in southern Sudan in return for amnesty from the Ugandan government.The LRA had been given more time to assemble at two points in southern Sudan in return for amnesty from the Ugandan government.
But the gathering of the LRA fighters appears to be a sticking point in the peace process to end the war which has left tens of thousands of people dead and more than one-and-a-half million displaced.But the gathering of the LRA fighters appears to be a sticking point in the peace process to end the war which has left tens of thousands of people dead and more than one-and-a-half million displaced.