![]() World - turned into deadly violence over the last two weeks with more than 20 Of UN peacekeepers from the country could be brought forward. Spokesman in the Democratic Republic of Congo has suggested that the withdrawal Reuters Copyright: Reuters The UN mission has been accused of inability to end rebel attacks in eastern DR Congo Image caption: The UN mission has been accused of inability to end rebel attacks in eastern DR Congo UK's ambassador to South Sudan, Jonny Baxter, said the UK government remained concerned that the peace agreement has not been Government officials and representatives of civil society. Mr Fairweather has been in the country for five days.ĭuring this trip he met Mr Machar, senior That it remains committed to peace and prosperity for the whole country,” he told reporters in the capital, Juba. "Our constant message is that the government needs to show Slow implementation and the lack of political will,” said Robert Fairweather, the UK That the people of South Sudan are frustrated, they are frustrated with the “Political will has proved very elusive so far. The transitional period of the agreement expires inįebruary next year – and it is expected to culminate with a general election.īut it is not clear whether it will happen. Machar, now first vice-president, formed a unity government two years ago.īut they are yet to create a unified national army of up to 83,000 soldiers, which was a key pillar of the revitalised peace deal signed in 2018 to end five years President Salva Kiir and his former arch rival, Riek The UK government says the people of South Sudan areįrustrated with the slow implementation of the country's peace agreement and the lack of It shared a statement about the arrest on Twitter: The DCI said the arrest of Mr Ahmed and Mr Saleh pointed "to the longstanding partnership that the directorate has had with the United States in combating trans-national organised crimes in the world". Made a public plea on 26 May for information that could lead to Mr Ahmed'sĪhmed's alleged accomplice, Badru Abdul Aziz Saleh, was arrested a week after Had reportedly conspired to smuggle the horns and ivory from Kenya, Uganda, theĭemocratic Republic of Congo, Guinea, Mozambique, Senegal and Tanzania.Īrrest comes after US Embassy chargé d'affaires Eric Kneedler and theĭirectorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) director general, George Kinoti, Issiaka, and Mansur Mohamed Surur aka Mansour. Was indicted jointly with Moazu Kromah aka Ayoub, Amara Cherif aka Bamba Hussein Ahmed, alias Abu Khadi, in the central Meru county following a tip off from theĪhmed was charged in 2019 in a court in the Southern District of New York withĬonspiracy to traffic rhinoceros horns and elephant species worth $7m (£5.7m) and intent to traffic a kilogramme of cocaine. Police said detectives from its Serious Crimes Unit on Tuesday arrested Abdi Indicted in a US court with three others. To a transnational drug and wildlife trafficking syndicate and who had been Kenyan police have arrested a suspect linked
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