US EditionSouth Sudan tensions: Uganda deploys forces to Juba, military chief says
- Uganda has deployed special forces in South Sudan's capital Juba to 'secure it,' according to Uganda's military chief, Muhoozi Kainerugaba.
- The deployment follows heightened tensions in South Sudan after President Salva Kiir's government detained two ministers and several military officials allied with First Vice President Riek Machar.
- The arrests and clashes threaten a 2018 peace deal that ended a civil war which killed nearly 400,000 people.
- Kainerugaba warned that any move against Kiir is 'a declaration of war against Uganda,' emphasizing Uganda's recognition of Kiir as South Sudan's president.
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Uganda has deployed special forces to South Sudan amid escalating tensions between South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir and First Vice President Riek Machar over a collapsing power-sharing deal. That 2018 agreement ended a five-year civil war that killed some 400,000 people. Deadly clashes by armed groups have been mounting, many centered in Upper Nile state. The U.N. has urged South Sudan’s leaders “to resolve tensions through dialogue.”
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Ugandan special forces deploy to South Sudan to protect government as civil war fears grow
Uganda has deployed an unknown number of troops to South Sudan in a bid to protect the fragile government of President Salva Kiir as a tense rivalry with his deputy threatens a return to civil war in the east African nation.
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