S. Sudan accepts deployment of UN-authorized troops
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October 1, 2016 (JUBA) - South Sudan government has, in a shift from
its previous position, eventually accepted the deployment of regional
troops authorized by the United Nations Security Council to protect
Juba airport and other vital installations.
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President adresses a joint press conference on 9 July 2016 (Reuters Photo)
The decision, Cabinet Affairs Minister, Martin Elias Lomoro, was
reached at Friday’s weekly cabinet meeting chaired by President Salva
Kiir.
"The council [of ministers] instructs all government of agents,
particularly the security organs to cooperate with UNMISS and UN
Security Council for the quick deployment of troops to Juba as soon as
possible," he told reporters in Juba Friday.
The Security Council adopted resolution 2304 in August for 4,000
protection forces to be deployed in Juba alongside 12,000 UNMISS
already in the country.
The new force, officials told Sudan Tribune, is mandated to pacify
Juba, control ingress and egress routes and neutralize any force
preparing to attack civilians or rival force that might derail the
August 2015 peace accord, which ended its conflict.
The deployment of the troops, which has been opposed by the Juba
government, is a key demand for the armed opposition led by former
Vice President Riek Machar.
Machar fled Juba in July and reached the Sudanese capital, Khartoum in
mid-August.
Lomuro said government will cooperate with the new UN force to
implement the peace accord.
"We will work together with the UN to ensure that [UNSC] resolution
2304 and South Sudan-UN Security Council Communique of last month are
fully implemented and all provisions observed," he stressed.
Violence erupted between the South Sudanese army (SPLA), loyal to
President Kiir, and the SPLA in Opposition, backing former first
vice-president Machar. That led to deaths, displacement and several
injuries, including those of several UN peacekeepers, and undermined
the implementation of the peace agreement between the political rivals
in August 2015, which had formally ended their rivalries.
In recent years, however, the Security Council threatened South Sudan
with arms embargo after approving the deployment of a protection force
in mid-August, if the South Sudanese government would not willingly
accept the additional peacekeepers.
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S. Sudan accepts deployment of UN-authorized troops
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1 October 23:12, by Mr Point
Can the loyal Kiir supporters please remind me, in case I have
forgotten, who was the imbecile who said the UN 4,000 troops would not
be deployed in South Sudan?
"We will not accept even a single soldier," the imbecile said on July 15.
Read it here
http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?article59615
What new orders did he receive from JCE/Malong?
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1 October 23:41, by Naath
Kiir is a leader who is known for breaking laws ten times a
day seven days a week. He is a leader who came power but does not know
what today. He is foolish, war criminals, and greedy. The Sudanese
president, Omar el Bashir that we accused for being Muslim, Arabs,
Dictator and we call him all kind of bad names is now 100 times smart,
peaceful and fair than Dinka Council of Elders leader Kiir.
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1 October 23:44, by Naath
Kiir is a leader who is known for breaking laws ten times
a day seven days a week. He is a leader who came to power but does not
know what todo. He is foolish, war criminals, and greedy. The Sudanese
president, Omar el Bashir that we accused for being Muslim, Arabs,
Dictator and we call him all kind of bad names is now 100 times smart,
peaceful and fair than Dinka Council of Elders leader Kiir.
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2 October 04:15, by Chong Thow
Thank you so much to be part of discussion forum. I know
sharing idea is bringing change in our country. I have no more to say
this time. Thank again to accept me for this forum discussion.
Chong Thow
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2 October 00:35, by Mr Point
2 million homeless
5 million starving.
The government ignores its own laws and the constitution.
State employees are not paid for months.
Food prices rise.
Schools are destroyed, not built.
Is the country worse under Kiir than it was under Nimeiry?
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2 October 01:31, by Naath
Mr.Point,
Please do not compare president Nimeiry with a dog, killer,
looter, vision less, tribal gang and war criminal leader Kiir. Kiir is
the world most foolish president.
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2 October 03:04, by Augustino
Kiir is a leader who knows all angles of defeating Criminals, he
pointed out last time that this peace is not good for SS but was
forced to sign because of his love to people of SS. Today he accept
the deployment of UN troops to defeat Riek again. Now if Riek wage war
he will fight with UN peace keeping force, if does not come to Juba he
will be rejected outside. If he comes to Juba he may fit in
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