Uganda: Renewed Truce Raises Optimism Over Future Talks

Kampala — The renewed truce between the Ugandan government and the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) has boosted hopes that upcoming talks between the two may finally end the conflict in northern Uganda, a senior official said on Monday.

"We have reached a stage where the process will just move forward," Ruhakana Rugunda, Uganda's interior minister and leader of the government negotiation team, told reporters after returning from Sudan. "Many concessions were made to facilitate confidence building."

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