Uganda Says ICC Willing to Lift Indictments

Following up on Julian’s post below, Uganda has announced that the ICC has agreed not to prosecute the five LRA leaders, including Joseph Kony, as long as the final agreement reached between the government and the LRA does not “condone impunity.”

Interestingly, Uganda also claims that it only initiated peace talks with the LRA because it could not find a partner in the international community to help it arrest Kony and the other leaders:

Kagoda said: “We approached an international peace keeping force to arrest Kony and his commanders but they said it was not their concern and did not have the mandate. We had no partner to effect the arrests and yet Uganda was not authorized to go to DR Congo. That is why we decided to opt for peace talks with the LRA.”