Govt. and LRA sign agreement on 3rd agenda item: "reconciliation & accountability"

The Ugandan government and LRA have reportedly signed an agreement on agenda item #3 (of 5) on "reconciliation and accountability." "We signed the agreement on reconciliation and accountability late last night, which moves us one step closer to a final peace agreement," Martin Ojul, head of the LRA delegation said. The third agenda item is supposed to set out principles for dealing with war criminals -- a thorny subject for a rebel group notorious for beating civilians to death, mutilating victims and kidnapping children. Ojul said the agreement set out a framework for dealing with war crimes under Uganda's own law that they hoped would appease judges in the ICC. Read more at Reuters.