UN to Move Troops to Border of Southern Sudan to Deter War
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The United Nations will move peacekeeping troops in Southern Sudan to the region’s northern border to deter violence stemming from a referendum that might split the country, a senior UN official said.
UN troops will move within weeks to “hot spots” along the border, Alain LeRoy, head of UN peacekeeping, said in an interview after briefing the Security Council on the plan. He said the UN lacks the troop strength to create a full “buffer zone” along the 1,200-mile border, as Southern Sudanese President Salva Kiir has requested.