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US Official: Machar Should Not Return to South Sudan Post

September 7, 2016TesfaNews4 Comments

By VOA News, The United States does not believe Riek Machar, South Sudan’s former first vice president, should return to his government position, given continuing instability in the country, Washington’s special envoy for South Sudan said Wednesday. Nearly three years ago, political rivalry between South Sudanese President Salva Kiir, an ethnic Dinka, and Machar, a […]

South Sudan Agrees to New Regional Protection Force

September 4, 2016TesfaNews6 Comments

By VOA News, Facing intense international pressure, war-ravaged South Sudan on Sunday agreed to the deployment of a 4,000-member regional protection force approved last month by the United Nations Security Council. Sunday’s decision by President Salva Kiir, who in August rejected more peacekeepers, came a day after the 15-member Security Council visited the capital, Juba, […]