The World - News from June 5, 1988
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Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni signed a peace agreement with a major northern rebel group to absorb the guerrillas into his National Resistance Army, official Uganda Radio said. The signing ceremony involving Museveni and Uganda People’s Democratic Army (UPDA) leader Lt. Col. John Okello took place Friday in the northern town of Gulu,544499813weeks of negotiations between the two sides and a split within the rebel group. Former commander Brig. Justin Odong Latek broke with the rest of the UPDA leadership after refusing to join the peace talks.
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