Sudan on Monday denied it was harbouring Ugandan rebels of the infamous Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) and called on Kampala to withdraw the allegation and apologise.
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A statement released by the Sudanese embassy in the Ugandan capital said the charge, made late last month by Junior Defence Minister Ruth Nankabirwa, had already prompted the foreign ministry in Khartoum to summon Uganda’s ambassador in Sudan. "The (Sudanese) ministry also requested Uganda to send a fact-finding mission to Sudan, with US participation, to verify the fact that it is not true that there are any LRA camps within Sudanese territory, behind Sudan army lines," the statement added. On September 29 Nankabirwa told parliament the LRA was operating a training camp in areas under Sudanese army control. "Our forces deployed there cannot do anything, because the protocol under which they are deployed does not allow them to go beyond some lines," she said. "Upon verification of non-existence of such camps, the government of the Sudan demands an explanatory reply and an apology for that unfounded allegation," the embassy statement added. |