South Sudan summons Congolese ambassador in Juba over Machar exit JUBA (25 Aug.)
The South Sudanese government has summoned a Congolese ambassador in Juba to explain the circumstances under which the armed opposition leader and the former first vice president, Riek Machar, entered the neigbouring country after fleeing Juba last month. The DRC (Democratic Republic of Congo) Ambassador in Juba was summoned by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation to show up on 25th August 2016 and explain how the rebel leader Dr. Riek Machar crossed into Congo was later airlifted by the UN for medical treatment within Congo. Also the ministry accused Congo of allowing the UN of sending military aircraft into South Sudan to allegedly aid rebels inside South Sudan. The statement, whose authenticity has been confirmed by several officials at the ministry of foreign affairs and international cooperation, including its undersecretary, Joseph Ayok Anei, comes after several government officials and military officers have been protesting the manner in which Machar left the country, some of whom blamed the military, particularly the chief of general staff, Paul Malong Awan and his deputies for failing to execute orders directing to catch Machar alive or dead. -- 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/CAJb14opUp34%2BTj5oEFQgHKD_cFAkjcV765_E09y8DOFmERzh7A%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
