South Sudan: Ugandan troops are fighting alongside South Sudan soldiers as rebellion rages
Uganda has confirmed its troops are fighting alongside South Sudan’s government against rebels, as fresh details emerged Thursday of brutal ethnic killings in the conflict ravaging the world’s youngest nation.
Ceasefire talks — to end a more than a month-long conflict in which thousands have been killed — are deadlocked amid squabbling leaders and rebel demands for the release of political prisoners.
The talks in neighbouring Ethiopia are mediated by the East African regional bloc IGAD, of which Uganda is a key member.
But Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni said his troops were also supporting the Sudan People’s Liberation Army (SPLA) — the first official confirmation foreign forces are taking part in combat.