Abstract

Talks to end the 20-year-old civil war in northern Uganda are verging on collapse. Since 2006, rebels of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) have been engaged in promising peace negotiations with the government in Kampala, but after a final deal was agreed, the LRA's enigmatic leader, Joseph Kony twice failed to appear at a signing ceremony and is now evading international mediators. There have always been doubts about the LRA's commitment to peace talks. Now calls are growing for military action against the rebels – which would carry its own risks.

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