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Publication: UN Chronicle
Publication Date: 01-DEC-06
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Author: Phillips, Freedom-Kai

Article Excerpt
THE SOUTHERN SUDANESE BORDER has been flung into the spotlight of late, once again because of a civil war. This time its not Sudan's own war, but that of neighbouring Uganda.

A new chapter in the two-decade conflict was opened on 17 September 2006 when Joseph Kony, leader of the Lords Resistance Army (LRA)--the primary rebel force in Uganda--arrived in Sudan for talks with the Ugandan Government that he once terrorized. Amid mass international appeal for his indictment, LRA has begun to fulfil its obligations to the recently negotiated ceasefire. However, this precarious peace hinges on one issue of serious contention: the granting of amnesty for Kony and other LRA leaders. The result has only...

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