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Ugandan troops enter Juba as tensions rise between the ruling SPLM party and SPLM-IO.


Ugandan troops enter Juba as tensions rise between the ruling SPLM party and SPLM-IO.
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Tensions are high after security forces arrested several officials with the SPLM-In Opposition. A fragile power-sharing arrangement between President Salva Kiir and First Vice President Riek Machar is under threat by conflicts among their allied troops in Upper Nile state. South Sudan ended a 5-year civil war in 2018 with a power-sharing deal. Today, Uganda deployed special forces to Juba to help maintain security. For more, VOA's Paul Ndiho reached SPLM-IO affiliated MP Reith Tang.

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