Uganda signs permanent truce with LRA rebels

The Ugandan government said it had signed a permanent ceasefire accord with the Lord's Resistance Army rebel group on Saturday, a landmark step in efforts to end more than two decades of civil war.
Government delegation spokesman Captain Chris Magezi called the accord a "another major breakthrough" in effort to end conflict which has left tens of thousands dead and displace two million.
"This agreement is an important landmark and a turning point," Magezi told AFP. "This is a demonstration by both parties of their determination to work towards expeditious signing of the Final Peace Agreement," or the final overall accord.
The truce will take effect 24 hours after the signing of the final accord, which both sides hope will take place in the coming days.