09/01/2018
South Sudan Warring Parties Deny Holding Political Detainees, POWs
Both the South Sudan government and rebels loyal to former Vice President Riek Machar say they are not holding political detainees or prisoners of war. The declarations to VOA's South Sudan in Focus came two days after a January 7 deadline for both sides to hand over political detainees and POWs to the International Committee of the Red Cross. The deadline was set in the cessation of hostilities agreement signed December...
