The South Sudan army, the Sudan People’s Liberation Army, has redeployed troops in anticipation of potential attacks by LRA rebels, the army spokesman Maj-Gen Kuol Diem Kuol has said. The SPLA second infantry division has been redeployed to potentially volatile areas across southern Sudan. The eight brigade is being deployed to Western Equatoria State and other forces are being deployed to Torit in Eastern Equatoria, Central Equatoria, Upper Nile State and Bahr al Ghazal states. Their mandate is to protect their people against attacks by the LRA or other armed groups. Read more at The Sudan Tribune.

Two ministers within the Ugandan government have denied allegations that they have illegally or wrongfully acquired land belonging to the Kitgum hospital. The allegations surfaced last week after Kitgum district chairman John Komakech Ogwok testified before the Ugandan Parliament that the Kitgum district land board had allocated the two ministers and other developers land that is urgently needed for expansion of the hospital services. Hillary Onek, the minister of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries, said, "It's not true. I would never willfully or illegally take institutional land or property well knowing that such services are vital for our people.” Read more at The Monitor.

District land boards are responsible for facilitating registration of land interests and holding and allocating land that is publicly owned or not owned by any person. However, land boards in northern Uganda are often underfunded and unable fulfill their duties, leading to a lack of adequate land administration capacity in northern Uganda that leaves the ownership status of some land unclear or disputed.

Six people, including an LRA rebel collaborator and three youths who killed a Comboni priest, were sentenced to death for murder charges. The High Court in Gulu on Tuesday sentenced Santo Bongomin, a former LRA collaborator, to death for conniving with the rebels to kill a family of nine people at Lamin-Oywek nine years ago. Read more at The New Vision.

The UN Mission in Sudan reports that "small and large LRA movement to and from Central African Republic (CAR) and Western Equatoria are being regularly reported." Unconfirmed reports indicate LRA fighters are currently in border towns between CAR and DR Congo. Reportedly, CAR authorities have reinforced their military positions on the border with DRC and Sudan to prevent crossings. They suspect LRA of joining forces with the "Union of Democratic Forces for Unity" (UFDR) rebels in the future.

Today, hundreds of students from Gulu University organized a mass demonstration against the decision to close the University in Gulu town. The students marched towards the town centre, when they were forced back by tear gas from the police. Many students still resisted and were detained at the central Police Station. The Gulu LCV Chairman Norbert Mao met with the students in the afternoon and released the detained students. The students are threatening to resume demonstrations again tomorrow if their demands are not met.

A group of LRA looted a town in South Sudan near the border with Central African Republic, killing two people and stealing goods, reports the Sudan Tribune. The attack bodes badly for the prospects of renewing the Cessation of Hostilities Agreement that expired this week. The LRA reportedly were engaged for several hours by Sudanese military forces. The governor of the state where the attack took place called for the Sudanese military to expel the LRA from Sudan, saying that the peace talks would not succeed.