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SOUTH SUDAN deployed 750 soldiers to the eastern region of the Democratic Republic of Congo on Wednesday.
They will be joining troops from Kenya, Burundi and Uganda as part of an East African Community force to quell heavy fighting between the DRC and M23 rebels.
South Sudanese President Salva Kiir urged soldiers to keep the order and protect civilians as they prepared to leave the capital, Juba.
“Now you are an organised force and you are now going to keep the peace,” he told them.
Defence Minister Angelina Teny said it was the first peace mission since the country became independent.
She added: “We have peacekeepers to keep the peace for us but now we are going to bring stability and peace and bring total peace to Congo and all our borders.”
The deployment comes barely four months after thousands of fighters including former rebels loyal to Mr Kiir and his rival, Vice President Riek Machar, were integrated into South Sudan’s army.
