UPDF to leave S Sudan next week Junior Ali | July 20, 2016 <http://www.eyeradio.org/updf-leave-sudan-week/> | 4:02 pm [image: Ugandan nationals board UPDF vehicles in South Sudan this week. Credit: Daily Monitor.] Ugandan nationals board UPDF vehicles in South Sudan this week. Credit: Daily Monitor.
The Uganda Peoples Defense Force says it will leave South Sudan this week. The force reentered South Sudan following the recent clashes that broke out between the SPLA and the opposition forces in Juba. They were deployed to repatriate Ugandan nationals caught up in the fighting. UPDF Army Commander Gen Katumba Wamala says the operation is limited to few days, to avoid ‘misinterpretation’ of the presence of the Ugandan forces in the country. “We are not involved in the conflict; our mission is to rescue Ugandans and whoever needs to be rescued. We are not fighting anybody,” the Observer quoted Gen Wamala. “The operation is going to be limited to a number of days because we do not want people to misinterpret our presence there.” The UPDF Spokesperson, Paddy Ankunda earlier confirmed that thousands of Ugandans had been taken back their country. However, he said they were yet to receive orders to withdraw from South Sudan. -- To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/d/forum/southsudankob View this message at https://groups.google.com/d/msg/southsudankob/topic-id/message-id For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "South Sudan Info - The Kob" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/SouthSudanKob. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/SouthSudanKob/CAJb14ooXPzK69jpR0%3DrtGDS9hktnLCXCjMFgJxVX5rrOrJK11A%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
