By BARBARA AMONG Special Correspondent IGAD head of states (Hiiraan). February 23, 2014[EA] — Renewed fighting between forces loyal to South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir and his former deputy Riek Machar is making nonsense of the ceasefire agreement reached in Addis Ababa last month, as it threatens to drag in more regional players. The fresh…
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Uganda to deploy troops in CAR as it withdraws from South Sudan
By JULIUS BARIGABA The EastAfrican Bodies of the Ugandan soldiers returned home in coffins as Uganda prepares UPDF for a mission in CAR, 2014, past file. February 22, 2014 [The East African] — Uganda, which recently agreed to withdraw a section of its army from South Sudan under pressure from the United States and Igad,…
South Sudan government orders embattled oil state to keep crude flowing
BY CARL ODERA Oil fields in Upper Nile, South Sudan, past file. February 22, 2014(Reuters) – South Sudan has reversed a plan by local authorities to partially shut down oil production and evacuate foreign workers in its main oil-producing region after it was hit last week by the worst fighting since a January ceasefire. Thousands have…
