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Africa Horn
Ethiopia suggests military intervention in South Sudan
2016-07-16
[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

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