JUBA – International flights into South Sudan’s capital Juba are full, motorbikes are weaving between the bumper to bumper traffic and the shops are open. SPLA soldiers stand in a vehicle in Juba December 20, 2013. Photo: Reuters/Goran February 19, 2014 [AFP] — A stark contrast to late December, when only soldiers with heavy machine…
UNMISS says 10 dead during Malakal compound attacks
UN Military Police checking for weapons from people seeking shelter in the UNMISS compound in Bor, Jonglei state, South Sudan. [UNMISS] February 18, 2014 [MALAKAL] — Peacekeepers in the South Sudanese town Malakal today fended off attackers from outside their base while brawls broke out among refuge-seekers inside. The town came was overrun by opposition…
Ugandan troops to exit South Sudan in two months
By STEPHEN KAFEERO in Kampala President Museveni visiting troops in Mogadishu. A New Vision photo. February 18, 2014 [Kampala] — Uganda will withdraw its troops from South Sudan starting April to pave the way for the deployment of an African peace keeping force, Foreign Affairs minister Sam Kuteesa announced Tuesday. The armed forces will be…
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