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South Sudan's president Salva Kiir (left) and vice-president Riek Machar (right) shake hands after meetings in Juba, South Sudan, on October 20, 2019, to discuss outstanding issues to the peace dea
UGANDA has deployed an unknown number of troops to South Sudan in a bid to protect the fragile government of President Salva Kiir, it was reported today.
This comes as a tense rivalry with President Kiir’s deputy threatens a return to civil war in the east African nation.
Ugandan special forces have been deployed to Juba, the South Sudanese capital, “to support the government of South Sudan” against a possible rebel advance on the city, Major General Felix Kulayigye, a spokesperson for the Ugandan military, said today.
While much attention is focused on Israel’s aggression, we cannot ignore the conflicts in Africa, stoked by Western imperialism and greed for natural resources, if we’re to understand the full picture of geopolitics today, argues ROGER McKENZIE