Govt. & LRA agree on final agenda item, paving way for discussion of final peace deal

More groundbreaking news from the negotiations in Juba! The Ugandan government and LRA delegations have today signed the last of the five agenda items, paving the way for a final peace agreement to be signed. A peace deal is now literally "on the table."

Yet, just hours later, the LRA delegation stormed out of a meeting, refusing the chief mediator's insistence that a date be set for the final signing. The delegation said again they will not sign a final agreement until ICC indictments against the top rebel leaders are removed. Apparently, according to Reuters, the Ugandan government agreed to ask the UN Security Council to adopt a resolution requesting the ICC "defer all investigations and prosecutions against leaders of the Lord's Resistance Army."

More analysis to follow later.