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East African countries to contribute troops to monitor South Sudan ceasefire
The bloc’s decision comes at a time when peace talks have been making little headway towards ending more than 2 months of skirmishes in the oil-producing country.
Seyoum criticized both sides for dragging their feet in implementing the ceasefire, and said the bloc hoped to deploy at least a smaller contingent by mid-April.
“Whatever we get we will send on the ground. If we get a hundred, two hundred, a thousand, one thousand five hundred, they should be on the ground,” he said.
“We should not wait until all the countries prepare and tell you that they will send.”
Negotiations, meant to thrash out a deal on political reform after a power struggle between President Salva Kiir and his former deputy Riek Machar sparked the unrest, are now due to resume on March 20.
Source: Reuters
