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Uganda says it has deployed troops in South Sudan capital

Uganda has deployed special forces in South Sudan's capital Juba to "secure it", Uganda's military chief said on Tuesday, but South Sudan's information minister denied the presence of troops, as tensions between South Sudan's president and first vice president stoke fears of a return to war.

Associated Press News on MSN · 1d

Uganda deploys special forces to South Sudan to protect the government as fears of civil war 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.

U.S. News & World Report · 1d

Uganda Says Special Forces Deploy in South Sudan Capital Amid Tensions

Tensions have been growing in recent days in South Sudan, an oil producer, after Kiir's government detained two ministers and several senior military officials allied with Machar. One minister has since been released.

Monitor22h

South Sudan’s cycle of conflict: Is peace an impossible dream?

The humanitarian crisis in South Sudan is one of the worst in the world, with widespread food insecurity, displacement, and ...

Upstream Online2d

Oil-rich South Sudan 'on precipice' of new civil war

The US is evacuating non-emergency personnel from oil-rich South Sudan amid concerns that Africa’s youngest nation is again ...

CBS News3d

U.S. orders non-emergency personnel to leave South Sudan amid escalating violence

The United States ordered the immediate departure of non-emergency personnel from the capital of South Sudan, citing an increase in crime, kidnapping and armed conflict, the Department of State ...

Al Jazeera English8d

South Sudan arrests key Machar allies as army surrounds his house

“This action violates the Revitalised Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict in South Sudan and cripples the Joint Defence Board, a vital institution of the Agreement responsible for the ...

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