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South Sudan: UN set to sanction commanders on both sides of war

by Our Foreign Desk

THE UN security council was set to vote yesterday on sanctions against military commanders on both sides of South Sudan’s civil war.

Diplomats revealed on Monday that the US was proposing an arms embargo and asset freeze on army General Paul Malong and Johnson Olony, a former general turned rebel leader.

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