Latest editorial
South Sudan deploys 750 soldiers to eastern DRC
Members of East African Community Regional Force (EACRF), left, watch the M23 rebels leaving after a ceremony to mark the withdrawal from their positions in the town of Kibumba, in the eastern of Democratic Republic of Congo, Friday, Dec. 23, 2022.
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.
Similar stories
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