South Sudan’s Government Orders Sudan Rebel Forces to Leave
- U.S. State Department accuses nation of harboring insurgents
- Country says has pulled its troops from border with Sudan
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South Sudan ordered all Sudanese rebel troops to leave its territory in line with an agreement with its northern neighbor against supporting insurgents, Defense Minister Kuol Manyang Juuk said.
“We have ordered them to leave South Sudan and go back to Sudan or hand over their weapons and go to refugee camps,” Juuk said by phone Friday from the capital, Juba. “If they agree to go to the refugee camps, we will collect the guns and call Sudan to inspect them and hand them over because we would not need” the firearms.