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Kiir and Museveni are allies, and Museveni has, in the past, intervened in the South Sudan conflict to keep Kiir in power. Uganda has deployed an unknown number of troops to South Sudan in a bid to protect Kiir’s government.
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni was in South Sudan amid fears for the fragile government of President Salva Kiir as a tense rivalry with his deputy threatens a return to civil war in the east African nation.
Tensions have peaked since the house arrest of first vice-president Riek Machar last week, following weeks of mounting violence between Kiir’s army and forces close to Machar’s movement.
Kiir and Museveni are allies, and Museveni has, in the past, intervened in the South Sudan conflict to keep Kiir in power. Uganda has deployed an unknown number of troops to South Sudan in a bid to protect Kiir’s government.
The latest tensions stem from fighting in the country’s north between government troops and a rebel militia, known as the White Army, that’s widely believed to be allied with Machar.
Kiir had angered Machar’s group earlier in the year by firing officials seen as loyal to Machar, who has charged that “persistent violations through unilateral decisions and decrees threaten the very existence” of their peace pact.
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Kiir urged calm after last week’s helicopter incident, saying in a statement that his government will handle this crisis and we will remain steadfast in the path of peace.
