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 …
Read More »Uganda declines to send troops to UN South Sudan mission
Kampala, Uganda | AFP | Uganda announced Friday it would not contribute troops to a regional brigade designed to bolster the UN mission in South Sudan, hours before a Security Council vote authorising the deployment. A key ally of South Sudanese President Salva Kiir, Uganda’s government said it did not …
Read More »VIDEO: US considers 4000 peacekeepers to South Sudan
The United States has recommended that the United Nations Security Council authorize a force of 4,000 peacekeepers for South Sudan’s capital Juba after a recent outbreak of violence. The US circulated a draft resolution to the 15-member council that would approve a regional protection force “to use all necessary means, …
Read More »IGAD: Kiir accepts deployment of regional force in South Sudan
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 …
Read More »East Africa leaders to press for regional force in S. Sudan
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | AFP | East African leaders will gather in Ethiopia on Friday to discuss a regional intervention force to back up UN troops in South Sudan, an initiative vehemently opposed by President Salva Kiir. Regional bloc IGAD has raised the possibility of deploying an “intervention brigade” with …
Read More »US pushes for African force, arms embargo on South Sudan
United Nations, United States | AFP | The United States urged the UN Security Council on Friday to back a regional force for South Sudan to shore up UN peacekeepers unable to cope with the violence. The council adopted a resolution extending the mandate of the UN mission in South …
Read More »VIDEO: President Museveni pledges to bailout struggling companies
NBS: President Yoweri Museveni has finally broken the silence on the much talked about financial bailout of struggling companies insisting consideration will be given to companies that lost money in business transactions with the government of South Sudan. The president also revealed that companies that supplied government departments and have …
Read More »Kiir announces Deng as new South Sudan vice-president
Riek Machar replaced as South Sudan vice-president Juba, South Sudan | AFP | South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir announced on Monday that former rebel leader Riek Machar had been replaced as vice president, confirming signs of serious divisions within the opposition. Kiir said he had appointed Taban Deng Gai to …
Read More »VIDEO: South Sudan-Uganda business community counting loses
NBS: The internal conflict in south Sudan is beginning to take its toll on Ugandan business community who were doing business in south Sudan. As Ugandans return home, they are worried about their businesses, which were thriving before violence broke out recently. Share on: WhatsApp
Read More »VIDEO: Ugandans return from South Sudan
NBS: The first group of about 5,000 Ugandans who were living in South Sudan arrived in the country at the weekend. This comes after President Yoweri Museveni ordered for the immediate evacuation of Ugandan citizens in South Sudan in the face of recent unrest. Share on: WhatsApp
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