10/03/2014
South Sudan protest against UN over arms cache
More than 1,000 people have protested in South Sudan#039;s capital, Juba, accusing the UN of arming rebels. On Friday, the government said its troops had intercepted weapons in a UN convoy marked as carrying food. The UN denied the arms were destined for rebels, but acknowledged it made a mistake transporting them by road. The UN has about 8,000 peacekeepers in South Sudan, the world#039;s newest state where conflict broke out in December between government and rebel forces. In January, South Sudan#039;s President Salva Kiir accused the UN of running a quot;parallel governmentquot; in his country - a charge it denied. 'Arms for Ghanaian troops, Continue reading the main story...
