Advertisement The East African News East Africa Former South African soldier sentenced to death in South Sudan Friday February 23 2018 A former South African soldier has been sentenced to death in South Sudan for attempting to overthrow the government. FILE PHOTO | NATION Summary Ex-colonel William Endley, 55, was "sentenced to death by hanging" for espionage and conspiring to overthrow the government.He was also sentenced to nine years and four months in prison for other related crimes, which must be served before his execution.The South African was hired in 2016 to advise former vice president and rebel leader Riek Machar on the planned integration of rebel forces into the national army under the then peace deal. Advertisement By AFP More by this Author A former South African soldier was sentenced to death in South Sudan on Friday for attempting to overthrow the government.Ex-colonel William Endley, 55, was "sentenced to death by hanging" for espionage and conspiring to overthrow the government, said judge Lado Eriminio Sekwat at a court in the capital Juba.Endley, who can appeal the ruling, was also sentenced to nine years and four months in prison for other related crimes, which must be served before his execution.The South African was hired in 2016 to advise former vice president and rebel leader Riek Machar on the planned integration of rebel forces into the national army under the then peace deal.Weeks after the peace agreement collapsed during days of heavy fighting that rocked the capital in July 2016, Endley was arrested.He was charged along with rebel spokesman James Gatdet Dak, who was sentenced to death by the same court on February 12 for treason. Advertisement South Sudan won independence from Sudan in 2011, but little more than two years later, civil war broke out over a dispute between Machar and President Salva Kiir.Tens of thousands have since died while four million have been forced from their homes as successive peace talks have failed.Related storiesSouth Sudan sentences rebel leader's spokesman to deathSouth Sudan’s Kiir blames US for peace talks collapseRiek Machar denies South Sudan coup attemptSouth Sudanese rebel leader Riek Machar accused of enlisting Ethiopians Advertisement In the headlines DRC-Rwanda trade continues amid tensions There is no official policy in Kigali or Kinshasa forbidding civilian interactions for trade. Kenya weather outlook 'dire' as cyclone nears Cyclone Hidaya is expected to make landfall in Tanzania's coastal region. South Sudan peace talks set to beginTanzania calls for precaution over Cyclone Hidaya Kenya monopoly of Uganda oil imports to endEast Congo bomb blast kills 10 in IDP campAmhara militia: Ethiopia resettlement plan 'beats war drum'
Advertisement The East African News East Africa Former South African soldier sentenced to death in South Sudan Friday February 23 2018 A former South African soldier has been sentenced to death in South Sudan for attempting to overthrow the government. FILE PHOTO | NATION Summary Ex-colonel William Endley, 55, was "sentenced to death by hanging" for espionage and conspiring to overthrow the government.He was also sentenced to nine years and four months in prison for other related crimes, which must be served before his execution.The South African was hired in 2016 to advise former vice president and rebel leader Riek Machar on the planned integration of rebel forces into the national army under the then peace deal. Advertisement By AFP More by this Author A former South African soldier was sentenced to death in South Sudan on Friday for attempting to overthrow the government.Ex-colonel William Endley, 55, was "sentenced to death by hanging" for espionage and conspiring to overthrow the government, said judge Lado Eriminio Sekwat at a court in the capital Juba.Endley, who can appeal the ruling, was also sentenced to nine years and four months in prison for other related crimes, which must be served before his execution.The South African was hired in 2016 to advise former vice president and rebel leader Riek Machar on the planned integration of rebel forces into the national army under the then peace deal.Weeks after the peace agreement collapsed during days of heavy fighting that rocked the capital in July 2016, Endley was arrested.He was charged along with rebel spokesman James Gatdet Dak, who was sentenced to death by the same court on February 12 for treason. Advertisement South Sudan won independence from Sudan in 2011, but little more than two years later, civil war broke out over a dispute between Machar and President Salva Kiir.Tens of thousands have since died while four million have been forced from their homes as successive peace talks have failed.Related storiesSouth Sudan sentences rebel leader's spokesman to deathSouth Sudan’s Kiir blames US for peace talks collapseRiek Machar denies South Sudan coup attemptSouth Sudanese rebel leader Riek Machar accused of enlisting Ethiopians Advertisement In the headlines DRC-Rwanda trade continues amid tensions There is no official policy in Kigali or Kinshasa forbidding civilian interactions for trade. Kenya weather outlook 'dire' as cyclone nears Cyclone Hidaya is expected to make landfall in Tanzania's coastal region. South Sudan peace talks set to beginTanzania calls for precaution over Cyclone Hidaya Kenya monopoly of Uganda oil imports to endEast Congo bomb blast kills 10 in IDP campAmhara militia: Ethiopia resettlement plan 'beats war drum'
Summary Ex-colonel William Endley, 55, was "sentenced to death by hanging" for espionage and conspiring to overthrow the government.He was also sentenced to nine years and four months in prison for other related crimes, which must be served before his execution.The South African was hired in 2016 to advise former vice president and rebel leader Riek Machar on the planned integration of rebel forces into the national army under the then peace deal. Advertisement By AFP More by this Author A former South African soldier was sentenced to death in South Sudan on Friday for attempting to overthrow the government.Ex-colonel William Endley, 55, was "sentenced to death by hanging" for espionage and conspiring to overthrow the government, said judge Lado Eriminio Sekwat at a court in the capital Juba.Endley, who can appeal the ruling, was also sentenced to nine years and four months in prison for other related crimes, which must be served before his execution.The South African was hired in 2016 to advise former vice president and rebel leader Riek Machar on the planned integration of rebel forces into the national army under the then peace deal.Weeks after the peace agreement collapsed during days of heavy fighting that rocked the capital in July 2016, Endley was arrested.He was charged along with rebel spokesman James Gatdet Dak, who was sentenced to death by the same court on February 12 for treason. Advertisement South Sudan won independence from Sudan in 2011, but little more than two years later, civil war broke out over a dispute between Machar and President Salva Kiir.Tens of thousands have since died while four million have been forced from their homes as successive peace talks have failed.Related storiesSouth Sudan sentences rebel leader's spokesman to deathSouth Sudan’s Kiir blames US for peace talks collapseRiek Machar denies South Sudan coup attemptSouth Sudanese rebel leader Riek Machar accused of enlisting Ethiopians
DRC-Rwanda trade continues amid tensions There is no official policy in Kigali or Kinshasa forbidding civilian interactions for trade. Kenya weather outlook 'dire' as cyclone nears Cyclone Hidaya is expected to make landfall in Tanzania's coastal region. South Sudan peace talks set to beginTanzania calls for precaution over Cyclone Hidaya Kenya monopoly of Uganda oil imports to endEast Congo bomb blast kills 10 in IDP campAmhara militia: Ethiopia resettlement plan 'beats war drum'