South Sudan: Two Top South Sudanese Army Officials Resign

19 February 2017

A brigadier general and a colonel have resigned from the South Sundanese armed forces. Both have accused President Salva Kiir's government of corruption and protecting soldiers from his ethnic group.

Two top military officials overseeing South Sudan's military courts have resigned. Both are claiming that high-level interference made it impossible to discipline soldiers accused of rape and murder during the country's long-running civil war.

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