proclaimed prophet, nor Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni attended the talks. A source close to the talks said there would be further negotiations before the ceasefire was signed on Friday which may throw up some conditions. "If the government continues showing us what it has just shown us, then the suffering will soon end," said Brigadier Sam Kolo, leading the LRA delegation. The rebels routinely target civilians, slicing off the lips and ears of their victims and kidnapping thousands of children who are forced to work as porters, fighters and sex slaves. "We have been very encouraged by our brothers of the LRA who have proved to be very constructive in ending this war. If they continue with this commitment, the war will surely end soon," Internal Affairs Minister Ruhakana Rugunda said after the talks. The peace talks are the first in more than a decade. It was also the first time journalists had met top leaders of the elusive LRA group, who have until now made announcements by phone calls to radio programmes. --More 2252 Local Time 1952 GMT
