AllAfrica.com is featuring Resolve Uganda's newest press release hot of the press. It reads, "After nearly two years of negotiations, the Government of Uganda and rebel LRA are likely days away from signing the historic Final Peace Agreement (FPA) that will end Africa's longest running war. However, the intransigence of a few individuals in the rebel army still threatens to delay the final signing and disrupt implementation of the agreement. With the signing deadline a week away, international human rights activists are urging both parties—with the backing of the U.S. and international community—to sign the FPA and immediately begin implementation to allow the over one million displaced people to return home and begin rebuilding their lives.

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Our sister (& political action) website of Resolve Uganda has posted the texts of all the agreements signed thus far at the Juba peace negotiations. Click here to access this excellent resource.

Uganda-CAN co-founder and now Resolve Uganda executive director Michael Poffenberger is quoted in today's Washington Post in an article about prospects for peace and justice in northern Uganda. The article reads, "But before signing the peace accord -- something many Ugandans had hoped would happen later this month, following a permanent cease-fire reached last month -- Kony has demanded that the international court drop the [ICC] arrest warrants and indictments against him and two deputies now in hiding...The standoff has highlighted a debate with potentially far-reaching implications for other countries seeking to end civil wars marked by atrocity and displacement: How can international demands for justice be balanced with local demands for peace?" Read the full article here.

Our sister political organization, Resolve Uganda reports that last week's hugely successful Northern Uganda Lobby Days have led more U.S. Senators then ever before to lend their names to the cause of lasting peace in Uganda. 23 Senators this week signed onto a letter to the U.N. Secretary General calling for sustained engagement of the ongoing Juba negotiations and an increase in U.N.-led recovery efforts on the ground in Uganda. Read more about this and other successes of the Lobby Days at Resolve's blog.