Transcript KPFA Evening News Anchor Sharon Sobotta: At Thursday’s Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on South Sudan, Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Linda Thomas-Greenfield said there was no coup attempt in South Sudan in mid-December. According to the administration, the conflict that split factions of the country’s national army against each other did…
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South Sudan rebel leader wants detainees freed before ceasefire deal: envoys
Written by Aaron Maasho January 13, 2014 [ADDIS ABABA, Reuters] — South Sudanese rebel leader Riek Machar’s demand for the release of detainees remains a stumbling block to a ceasefire deal aimed at halting violence in the world’s youngest state, a U.S. envoy said on Sunday. More than three weeks of fighting, often along ethnic…
Museveni appoints new head of operations in South Sudan
Ugandan Soldier killed in Mogadishu, Somalia, 2011! January 14, 2014 [Kampala] — President Museveni has appointed Col Kayanja Muhanga as the overall commander of UPDF operations in South Sudan, sources told the Daily Monitor Col Muhanga has been the Military police boss and is now tasked with a sensitive role that involves diplomacy, politics and…
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