South Sudan's VP Machar accuses Uganda of violating arms embargo

25/3/2025 19:05

South Sudan's First Vice President Riek Machar has accused Uganda of violating a United Nations arms embargo by entering the country with armoured and air force units, and conducting airstrikes around the country.



In a letter addressed to the U.N., African Union and the IGAD regional bloc, Machar said Uganda's military intervention in South Sudan had violated a 2018 peace deal, which ended a brutal five-year civil war.



Uganda said it had deployed troops in South Sudan earlier this month at the request of the government there, following a breakdown in the turbulent relationship between Machar and President Salva Kiir.



In early March security forces rounded up several of Machar's most senior allies, following clashes in the country's northeast between the military and the White Army ethnic militia, which the government accuses Machar of supporting.