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US Urges Fast African Troops Response in S. Sudan
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia May 1, 2014 (AP)
By LARA JAKES AP National Security Writer
The United States is urging eastern African nations to quickly send enough
peacekeeping forces to South Sudan to quell nearly six months of deadly
violence between ethnic groups.
Foreign ministers from Ethiopia, Kenya and Uganda met Thursday with U.S.
Secretary of State John Kerry and said they agree aggressive steps must be
taken to stop the killings in the world's newest nation.
The diplomats did not offer specifics after their meeting in the Ethiopian
capital of Addis Ababa, where Kerry delivered a similar message to African
Union officials.
U.S. officials have estimated at least 5,000 troops are necessary for the
increasingly bloody mission in South Sudan, where fighting broke out last
December after President Salva Kiir, a Dinka, accused former Vice President
Riek Machar, a Nuer, of staging a coup.
Received on Thu May 01 2014 - 07:30:15 EDT