Ugandan Troops in South Sudan Need Regional Backing, Vision Says

Uganda will only send troops to South Sudan, where renewed fighting could reignite a civil war, if requested by regional mediators because of criticisms over a previous deployment there, New Vision reported.

Any Ugandan action would need the endorsement of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development, a bloc that includes Kenya, Uganda and Ethiopia, the Kampala-based newspaper cited General Katumba Wamala, Uganda’s army chief, as saying.