AFP A SPLA soldier during a patrol in Malakal on January 21, 2014 (AFP Photo/Harrison Ngethi) January 22, 2014[Malakal] – South Sudanese government troops are staging “door-to-door” raids in a town seized from opposition forces, the United Nations said Wednesday as more people took refuge in UN compounds. The United Nations and aid groups have…
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Kenya Turn Down UN’s Request To Deploy Army in S. Sudan.
Kenya Army attack choppers. Photo: wikemedia January 22, 2014 [NAIROBI] — Kenya will not be sending troops to the troubled South Sudan despite a request from the United Nations. Foreign Cabinet Secretary Amina Mohamed Wednesday told reporters that Kenya had been approached to help boost the more than 5,500 soldiers needed to guard peace in…
East Africa Community Never Approves Museveni’s Military Intervention in S. Sudan.
President Uhuru Kenyatta nominating Mrs. Phyllis Jepkosgei Kipkingor-Kandie. January 21, 2014 [KAMPALA] – Differences have emerged between member states of the East African Community (EAC) after Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni sent his troops to South Sudan to fight alongside forces loyal to the South Sudanese president Salva kiir. Museveni admits that Uganda’s soldiers are helping President…
