Tuesday, March 13, 2007

LRA conditions for talks

The elusive Ugandan Lords Resistance Army (LRA) rebels are at it again. After avoiding the Juba talks out of fear, they now have conditions to be fulfilled before they could return. Yeah, rebels too, have conditions. With ICC indictments hanging over their heads, they have all the reasons to be wary.

Including expansion of observers in the talks and increased security at collection camps, the LRA want the following:
  • an allowance increase for the negotiation team
  • the deployment of 1,000 peacekeeping troops to areas where the rebels are to assemble in south Sudan
  • Ugandan soldiers to withdraw from south Sudan
  • to be treated with respect by the mediation team
  • a guarantee of security for their delegation in Juba.

People just gotta to be patient with the rebels, cajoling and persuading. But time may run out . . .

2 comments:

KansasCoder said...

An unfortunate charateristic of time is that it takes its time. I would soooo like to see the clock run out on the LRA hooligans in the next 20 seconds. Less even! The diplomatic process being applied to the LRA makes the whole thing even more surreal. Macabre is a fitting word. I shake my head and wonder why are so many willing to give the LRA an opportunity to negotiate? Is it simply life in a post-Iraq Invasion world? We could all learn something from the Acholi's in this. They are actively pursuing talks with the LRA. It's hard to believe they are not also hunting them down. Ultimately Black Kush is right..we simply must practice patience and allow the work of civilization to have its effect on the barbarians.

Black Kush said...

If let to the Acholi, I believe they can sort the LRA out. It will not be easy to wipe out these muderous group. They are disturbing our little peace in South Sudan too.