South Sudan first vice president Riek Machar says Ugandan Air Force is bombing civilians in South Sudan

South Sudan first vice president Riek Machar says Ugandan Air Force is bombing civilians in South Sudan

The First Vice President of South Sudan, Riek Machar, accused Uganda of violating the arms embargo imposed by the United Nations and the peace agreement between the two countries, explaining in a letter to the United Nations, the African Union and the Intergovernmental Authority for Development of East African States (IGAD) that the Ugandan military intervention in southern Sudan violated the 2018 peace agreement, which ended a brutal civil war …

Machar accuses Uganda of violating arms embargo

South Sudan’s First Vice President Riek Machar has accused Uganda of violating a United Nations arms embargo by deploying armoured and air force units to South Sudan, including conducting airstrikes. In a letter sent to the U.N., African Union, and IGAD regional bloc on March 23, Machar claimed Uganda’s military intervention breached a 2018 peace deal that ended South Sudan’s civil war. Uganda, however, stated that its military presence was at t…

Machar urges intervention in South Sudan's crisis in letter to UN chief

First Vice President Dr. Riek Machar has called for international intervention to rescue the deteriorating security situation in South Sudan, and questions the legitimacy of Ugandan troops deployment, in a letter to UN Secretary General Antonio António Guterres. Machar’s letter in which he copied the Commissioner of African Union Peace and Security Council Bankole Adeoye, and IGAD Chairperson Ismail Omar Guelleh, said the presence of foreign for…