{UAH} S. Sudan's Kiir in Uganda - AGAIN. Dude just left Khartoum
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S. Sudan's Kiir in Uganda
By Halima Athumani, Tuesday, April 08, 2014
KAMPALA – South Sudanese President Salva Kiir arrived in Uganda on Tuesday for a previously unannounced visit.
Kiir held talks with Ugandan counterpart Yoweri Museveni in the town of Entebbe, home to the Ugandan leader's office and official residence.
The two leaders were expected to discuss the latest developments in South Sudan, which has been shaken by violence since last December when Kiir accused his sacked vice president, Riek Machar, of trying to overthrow his regime.
The conflict has already claimed more than 10,000 lives, with the U.N. estimating that some 3.7 million people in South Sudan are now "severely food insecure" while around one million have been displaced by the violence.
Kiir visited Uganda in January.
In March, his government agreed on the deployment of military forces from the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), an East African trading bloc that has led mediation efforts between South Sudan's warring camps.
IGAD troops are expected to eventually replace Ugandan forces, which were sent to South Sudan last December with the stated aim of evacuating Ugandan nationals from the war-ravaged country.
Ugandan troops were later tasked with securing the Juba airport and other vital strategic facilities.
In a recent interview with Anadolu Agency, Machar accused Uganda of representing an obstacle to achieving peace in South Sudan.
"Uganda's army and government are complicating the situation in South Sudan," Machar had asserted.
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