South Sudan confronts militia problem, could create another
Trainee soldiers for a new unified army raise their wooden rifles above their heads while attending a reconciliation programme run by the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) at a makeshift barracks in Mapel on January 31, 2020.
South Sudan has issued a directive to political parties to disarm, signalling an attempt to eliminate the rival militias that have complicated the country’s path to long-term peace.
Dr Benjamin Bol Mel, South Sudan's Vice President for the Economic Cluster, issued the directive and said that Juba was introducing a new dimension to the country's ongoing political tensions.
