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Kampala, Aug 6, 2006 Peace talks between the Ugandan government and the Lord's Resistance Army rebels are set to resume Monday when negotiators are expected to discuss a ceasefire deal, officials said on Sunday. Paddy Ankunda, spokesman for the Ugandan government delegation to the talks being held in the southern Sudanese capital of Juba, said they had received an invitation from the chief mediator and that their team is to leave on Monday. "We shall immediately restart the talks and will be discussing the next item on the agenda, the ceasefire and cessation of hostilities," Ankunda told AFP. "Our team leaves tomorrow." The rebel group on Friday declared a unilateral ceasefire in their brutal two-decade war with the government ordering rebel commanders to end all attacks in the war affected northern Uganda. They called on the government to reciprocate the gesture as a way "to provide a peaceful atmosphere for our people while the peace talks continue". But Kampala reacted cautiously to the announcement, saying this should be part of the comprehensive agreement that the two parties will sign. The peace talks are aimed at ending years of insurgency in northern Uganda that has claimed tens of thousands of lives and displaced almost two million others. Kony, a self-proclaimed prophet and mystic who says he speaks directly to God, purports to be fighting to replace Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni's government with one based on the Biblical Ten Commandments. But the LRA has become better known for atrocities, particularly the kidnapping of an estimated 25,000 children -- girls for sex slaves and boys for fighters. Community Email This Article Comment On This Article Related Links Nuclear Space Technology at Space-Travel.com
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