LRA leader Joseph Kony said yesterday that he will not release women and children from within the LRA's ranks until a comprehensive peace agreement is reached, contradicting earlier promises to release them sooner. "I can't release the weak, sick, wounded LRA, women and children just for the sake of releasing them. They are still under my control until the formal agreement is reached," he said. After signing a truce on Tuesday with the Ugandan government to cease hostilities, several members of the LRA delegation promised a speedy release of women and children from the LRA's control, saying "by implication, signing of the agreement (Tuesday's truce), the LRA agreed to release the women and children." Read more at The Daily Monitor.