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UN seeks troops for new South Sudan force


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The United Nations will be asking countries from outside east Africa to contribute troops and helicopters to a new regional force to be deployed in South Sudan, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said. Ban told the Security Council in a report sent late Thursday that the first advance teams of the new 4,000-strong force could begin arriving in Juba by the end of this month. The council voted last month to deploy the regional protection force (RPF) in Juba, with Ethiopia, Kenya and Rwanda expected to contribute the bulk of the troops.

 

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