The United Nations has called on the LRA to unconditionally release all the children in their ranks. According to the UN News Service, the issue came up on Friday during the adoption of recommendations regarding children in armed conflict in Uganda and Somalia by the UN Security Council Working Group on Children and Armed Conflict. UN Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict Radhika Coomaraswamy (right) said despite calls against the practice, the LRA has stubbornly continued to use child soldiers. "The LRA has ignored the repeated calls from the international community and we hope that they will now immediately undertake actions for the sake of these children," she said. Read more at The Monitor.

The LRA has reportedly agreed to open discussions at the Juba peace talks over the fate of thousands of children kidnapped over the last 20 years. Captain Bahoku Barigye, spokesman for the government's negotiating team, said that the government would argue for the children's release. The LRA team affirmed this report. "The issue of abducted children will be thoroughly discussed soon. We will get a solution," LRA spokesman Godfrey Ayo said. Read more at Garowe Online.