KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) -- Ugandan government and rebel negotiators signed a major agreement Tuesday on how the country will deal with crimes committed during a brutal 20-year insurgency in the north, mediators said.
The agreement outlines how Uganda should handle allegations of crimes against humanity and war crimes committed during an insurgency the Lord's Resistance Army has waged since 1987.
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LRA fighters are notorious for cutting off the tongues and lips of civilians and abducting thousands of children, turning the girls into sex slaves and the boys into fighters.
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