US strengthens ties with Uganda against LRA
Africa Wednesday 24 July 2013 - 8:17 AM <http://dm62zza9c93u.cloudfront.net/styles/overlay_image_1280_or_1024/s3/000 _Par7521241.jpg?itok=2BE3qqKo> Description: http://dm62zza9c93u.cloudfront.net/styles/galleryformatter_slide/s3/000_Par7 521241.jpg?itok=VTGFASWp File: Leader of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) Joseph Kony in southern Sudan. The rebel movement is notorious for its brutal attacks and has been held responsible for rape, murder and mutilation of civilians. Picture: AFP WASHINGTON - The Pentagon's number-two ranking official held talks Tuesday in Uganda to discuss US military support for the fight against Lord's Resistance Army forces. In meetings with Foreign Minister Henry Okello and the Chief of Defence Forces Edward Katumba Wamala, US Deputy Secretary of Defence Ash Carter discussed "ending the threat to civilians and to regional stability posed by Joseph Kony and the LRA," the Pentagon said in a statement. His trip to Kampala makes him the highest ranking Pentagon official ever to pay a visit to Uganda, spokesman George Little said. Since 2011, the United States has deployed about 100 special forces troops to Central Africa to advise local forces fighting the LRA and its leader, Kony, who is wanted by the International Criminal Court for war crimes. The rebel movement is notorious for its brutal attacks and has been held responsible for rape, murder and mutilation of civilians. Carter also discussed with his counterparts security "challenges" in Sudan, Democratic Republic of Congo and Somalia. The deputy defence secretary visited with US forces advising the anti-LRA effort as well as a separate US contingent training Ugandan forces who would take part in an African Union mission in Somalia, he said. Washington in recent years has pursued military and intelligence ties with governments in Africa to counter Islamist militants in Somalia, operating drones from a base in Ethiopia, where Carter is due to pay a visit later this week. President Barack Obama has called on countries bordering DRC, including Uganda, to stop supporting M23 rebels. Both Uganda and Rwanda have been accused of backing the M23, which has been accused of atrocities. Thé Mulindwas Communication Group "With Yoweri Museveni and Dr. Kiiza Besigye Uganda is in anarchy" Kuungana Mulindwa Mawasiliano Kikundi "Pamoja na Yoweri Museveni na Dk. Kiiza Besigye Uganda ni katika machafuko"
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