Bangladesh troops replace Kenyans pulled from S. Sudan
The Kenya Defence Force soldiers pulled out of the South Sudan peacekeeping mission arrive at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi on November 9, 2016. FILE | NATION MEDIA GROUP
A troop battalion from Bangladesh is replacing Kenyan peacekeepers who were being withdrawn from South Sudan, the United Nations officials confirmed.
The deployment of 850 Bangladeshi soldiers comes in response to a UN request that followed President Uhuru Kenyatta's decision last month to end Kenya's participation in the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS).
