Uganda has been active in several crises in East and Central Africa. Most recently, Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has asked South Sudanese President Salva Kiir Mayardit to accept a peace agreement with rebel factions that would include withdrawing Ugandan forces deployed in defense of the Kiir government. Uganda is also one of the main contributors to the African Union peacekeeping operation in Somalia and has deployed forces into the Central African Republic for ongoing operations against the Lord's Resistance Army. Uganda has played an active role in supporting rebel groups in the Democratic Republic of the Congo as well. All of these operations, which have occurred concurrently during the past several years, serve Kampala's domestic and regional interests.