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Uganda deploys special forces to 'secure' Juba amid growing tension
South Sudan President Salva Kiir (left) and his First Vice President Riek Machar.
Photo credit: File | AFP
What you need to know:
- Tensions have been growing in recent days in South Sudan after the government detained two ministers allied to Machar.
- After the civil war erupted in South Sudan in 2013, Uganda deployed its troops in Juba to bolster Kiir's forces against Machar.
Uganda's military chief said Tuesday his country had deployed special forces in South Sudan's capital Juba to "secure it" as tensions between President Salva Kiir and his First Vice President Riek Machar stoke fears of a return to civil war.
Tensions have been growing in recent days in South Sudan, an oil producer, after Kiir's government detained two ministers and several senior military officials allied with Machar. One minister has since been released.
