Uganda rebels in fresh truce call

Kampala, 12 Jan-(ANA)-The embattled Ugandan rebels of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) have appealed for a ceasefire, amid a joint offensive against the group.

LRA representatives delivered a letter to a UN mediator in Mozambique over the weekend calling for a truce.

Forces from Uganda, South Sudan and DR Congo attacked the LRA in mid-December, after peace talks failed.

Since the joint offensive, the LRA has been accused of massacring at least 400 civilians in north-eastern DR Congo.

The LRA denies responsibility for the attacks, which including the killing of at least 40 people killing in a church near Doruma the day after Christmas.

Countries from Uganda to the Central African Republic have suffered from 20 years of raids by the LRA.

LRA spokesperson David Matsanga led a delegation over the weekend to deliver a letter to the UN envoy trying to end Uganda's conflict, ex-Mozambique President Joachim Chissano, in Maputo. (ANA)