South Sudan’s Vice President Accuses Uganda of Violating UN Arms Embargo
South Sudan’s First Vice President, Riek Machar, has accused Uganda of violating a United Nations arms embargo by deploying troops, and armored units, and conducting airstrikes in the country, allegedly targeting civilians. In a letter to the United Nations, African Union, and Intergovernmental Authority on Development, he claimed Uganda’s intervention breached the 2018 peace deal that ended South Sudan’s civil war. Uganda, however, defended its deployment, stating it was invited by the South Sudanese government to prevent further instability amid tensions between Machar and President Salva Kiir as Uganda’s defense minister further justified the deployment as a preventive measure against regional instability.
