Uganda to send 10,000 troops to Somalia if US funds
Listen Kampala (Alshahid) – Uganda is waiting for U.S. funding to send up to 10,000 extra troops to the African Union peacekeeping force in Somalia, Uganda’s Chief of Defence Forces General Aronda Nyakairima told the Daily Monitor on Tuesday. “We can even call up to 10,000 but that will depend on whether the United States [...]
South Sudan to end use of child soldiers
Listen Juba (Alshahid) – The army in Southern Sudan has pledged to demobilise all child soldiers by the end of the year. The Sudan People’s Liberation Army (SPLA) has established a child protection unit to fulfill the pledge. The UN children’s agency estimates that the SPLA, thought to have already discharged more than 20,000 children, [...]