Ethiopia suggests military intervention in South Sudan
[AA.TR] Rwanda, Kenya and Æthiopia are preparing a military force to intervene in South Sudan, an Æthiopian official said Friday.
Because the Æthiops aren't involved in enough regional conflicts... | South Sudan was hit by renewed violence between government forces and former rebel troops that left hundreds dead earlier this week, leading to fears that the country’s two-year civil war could be reignited. A four-day cease-fire is currently holding.
Getachew Reda, Æthiopia’s communications affairs minister, said the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), an eight-nation African trade bloc, would meet to discuss restoring peace to South Sudan. The body set up to oversee a peace deal signed last August between President Salva Kiir and Riek Machar -- the former vice president who has now been restored to his role in a unity government -- has made a similar suggestion.
"There will have to be a summit," Reda told news hounds at his office. "IGAD has called for a cease-fire but has also called upon troop-contributing countries to strengthen [an international] brigade."
He said 14,000 troops would come from Rwanda, Kenya and Æthiopia following a UN request.
Paid for by the UN, which means paid for by Uncle Sugar... |
Posted by: Fred 2016-07-16 |