Juba, South Sudan | AFP | South Sudan President Salva Kiir said Monday he is not opposed to the deployment of a strengthened UN force while expressing “very serious concerns” over the internationally-backed plan. In a speech at the opening of parliament in the capital Juba on Monday, Kiir said …
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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | AFP | South Sudan on Friday accepted the deployment of a regional intervention force after escalating violence put a fragile peace deal in danger, the head of the East African bloc IGAD said. “The government of South Sudan accepted,” Mahboub Maalim said after a summit in …
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A team of 10 members from the Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD) have been deployed in the south-central Ugandan districts of Kampala, Wakiso and Mukono to observe the general election scheduled for Feb.18. IGAD member states include; Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan and Uganda. Speaking to the media on …
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By Ronald Musoke Sustaining pastoralism seen as the only sure way to steady development in the region If the Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD) meeting of ministers held on Oct.14 in Kampala is anything to go by, efforts to develop the Karamoja region are reaping positive results. Speaking at the …
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