Japanese troops land in South Sudan, fears of first foreign fighting since WW2
Members of the Japanese Ground Self-Defence Force (GSDF) arrive at the airport in Juba, South Sudan, on November 21, 2016. The group, mostly engineers, will construct roads and facilities and are also assigned for the first time under Japan’s new security law, which enables GSDF troops to use weapons to rescue UN staff under attack. PHOTO | SAMIR BOL | AFP
A contingent of Japanese troops landed in South Sudan on Monday, an official said - a mission that critics say could see them embroiled in their country's first overseas fighting since World War Two.
The soldiers will join UN peacekeepers and help build infrastructure in the landlocked and impoverished country torn apart by years of civil war.
