KAMPALA, April 1, 2008 (AFP) - The signing of a final peace deal between the Ugandan government and the Lord's Resistance Army rebels has been postponed, a government official said Tuesday.

JUBA, Sudan, April 1, 2008 (AFP) - Ugandan rebels have asked mediators to delay the signing of an historic peace agreement with the Kampala government citing inadequate facilities such as toilets, negotiators said on Tuesday.

UNITED NATIONS , March 28, 2008 (AFP) - Rebel fighters attacked villages in the Central African Republic, raping women and taking 150 hostages, including 55 children, UN officials here and in Bangui said Friday.

BANGUI, March 28, 2008 (AFP) - Rebel fighters attacked villages in the Central African Republic raping dozens of women and taking 150 civilians -- including 55 children -- hostage, a UN draft report said Friday.

BANGUI, March 28, 2008 (AFP) - Marauding rebel fighters attacked villages in the Central African Republic in which dozens of women have been raped and 150 civilians -- including 55 children -- taken hostage, the US said Friday.

KAMPALA, March 27, 2008 (AFP) - Uganda said Thursday it will sign a final peace accord with the Lord's Resistance Army rebels even if the movement's leader Joseph Kony is absent at ceremony.

'In the unlikely event Kony cannot come to Juba, it will not torpedo -- nor will it jeopardize -- the signing of the peace agreement,' Interior Minister Ruhakana Rugunda told reporters here.

JUBA, Sudan, March 26, 2008 (AFP) - The Ugandan government is to sign a peace deal with the rebel Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) on April 5 to end one of Africa's longest running conflicts, chief mediator Riek Machar said Wednesday.

KAMPALA, March 25, 2008 (AFP) - Uganda said Tuesday that the signing of a final peace agreement between the government and Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) rebels would be delayed by a week.

Both sides were slated to sign an overall peace deal by March 28. The new signing date is April 3, according to Chris Magezi, the government's peace delegation spokesman.

KAMPALA, March 25, 2008 (AFP) - His name stirs amazement in coaches, while trainers gush over his skill and competitors quake in fear. Bashir Ramathan is an intimidating boxer -- even though he is blind.

Ramathan, 36, lost his sight in 1995 but refused to let that stop him from resuming his boxing career, three years ago.

WASHINGTON, March 21, 2008 (AFP) - The US State Department on Friday urged the Ugandan government and the rebel Lord's Resistance Army to sign a final peace deal to formally end decades of fighting, a spokesman said.