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WORLD NEWS Thursday 28 November 2019

U.N.: South Sudan recruits new

force, contrary to peace deal

goal of 83,000.
Meanwhile, children and
others have been recruit-
ed, sometimes forcefully,
to create a 10,000-strong
force in recent months in
Kiir's ethnic stronghold, the
report says. The force is un-
In this Saturday, Aug. 12, 2017 file photo, a man brandishing a der the direct command
"panga" machete challenges police near a burning barricade of the National Security
during election-related clashes between police and protesters Service and was created
in the Mathare slum of Nairobi, Kenya. after Kiir and one NSS offi-
Associated Press cial reportedly "convinced
Kenyan rivals launch In this Saturday, May 25, 2019 file photo, South Sudan's President local Dinka elders in former
Warrap state of the need
to strengthen the capacity
report to help end Salva Kiir arrives for the swearing-in ceremony of Cyril Rama- of forces loyal to them."
phosa at Loftus Versfeld stadium in Pretoria, South Africa.
The new force is "contrary
Associated Press
to the provisions of the
election violence By CARA ANNA ter opposition leader Riek peace agreement," the re-
slow port says.
Associated Press
criticized
Machar
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — progress in security ar- It also says one country that
By TOM ODULA mendations is creating a A new report says South rangements. Machar and has tried to broker peace,
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Ke- prime minister post, replac- Sudan's National Secu- Kiir agreed to postpone neighboring Uganda, has
nya's president and top op- ing the electoral commis- rity Service has recruited a that key step for 100 days violated the U.N. arms
position leader on Wednes- sion and nearly doubling force of 10,000 fighters in until mid-February so secu- embargo on South Sudan
day launched a report that county governments' share President Salva Kiir's ethnic rity and governance issues by deploying troops last
they call a road map for of the national budget stronghold, in apparent can be resolved. month to parts of Yei River
unifying the country and from 18% to 35%. breach of the terms of the Frustrated by the delay, the state. It does not say how
ending deadly violence It also takes aim at wide- country's peace deal. United States this week an- many.
around elections. spread corruption, saying The report by United Na- nounced it was recalling The report also says both
The country has seen government officials should tions experts monitoring its ambassador to South government and opposi-
post-election violence in not engage in business sanctions on South Sudan Sudan back to Washing- tion forces "have contin-
1992, 1997, 2007 and 2017, while in office. expresses concern over the ton for consultations as the ued to generate revenues
when the Supreme Court The report was criticized by slow implementation of the U.S. reevaluates its relation- through the illegal harvest,
shocked the country by some observers, including fragile deal signed in Sep- ship with the country. That sale and taxation of teak
nullifying the presidential those who had hoped for tember 2018 to end five could mean further sanc- and mahogany."
election over irregularities bolder recommendations years of civil war that killed tions. South Sudan's civil war be-
and ordered a fresh vote, against corruption. nearly 400,000 people. The new U.N. report says gan in late 2013, just two
which the opposition boy- Anti-corruption expert John The report says South Su- the signatories of the years after the country's in-
cotted. Githongo called it "mud- dan's government has peace deal have made dependence from Sudan,
The long-awaited Build- dled." shown little interest in abid- "no significant decisions" when supporters of Kiir and
ing Bridges Initiative was Economist David Ndii, who ing by the spirit of the agree- on implementing it in re- Machar, then his deputy,
launched by President was Odinga's chief strat- ment on security and other cent months, while the key clashed. A previous peace
Uhuru Kenyatta and rival egist during the election, arrangements, putting the step of creating a unified deal fell apart amid fresh
Raila Odinga after they called the report an "Uh- deal in peril and posing an security force is "far behind fighting in 2016 and Mach-
shook hands last year to uru-Raila self-preservation "immediate threat" to the schedule." Only 7,400 gov- ar fled the country on foot.
end a months-long political political project." country's fragile peace. ernment troops have been Under the current agree-
standoff in which at least This isn't the first time Kenya A crucial deadline to form registered, compared with ment Machar would
92 people were killed. has attempted to calm po- a coalition government some 32,000 opposition once again become Kiir's
Among the report's recom- litical violence.q was missed this month af- fighters, far from the overall deputy.q