Kony to meet mediators this Saturday, NGOs & civil society release statement
Reuters reports that LRA leader Joseph Kony is scheduled to meet mediators on Saturday on the Sudan-Congo border and may even sign a final peace deal. However, Kony still wants more details on how Uganda's government plans to use traditional reconciliation rituals to help him avoid prosecution for war crimes by the International Criminal Court. "On May 10 Kony is ready to meet leaders from northern Uganda, the mediator and probably sign the final peace agreement," LRA lead negotiator James Obita said. Meanwhile, today a group of nearly 40 non-governmental organizations released a united statement urging all parties in the conflict not to give up on the peace process. "A failure to secure the peace and resort to a 'military solution' would trigger renewed fears of insecurity and threaten the considerable progress made on the ground in northern Uganda," it said.






