UN sets benchmarks for IGAD force in South Sudan

The United Nations peacekeeping department set out three benchmarks for the integration of troops that the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) plan to deploy in South Sudan within the UN peacekeeping mission and called on the East African bloc to discuss the matter with them.

Read the full story here and more on what the recent peace deal means to South Sudanese here.

Peace News Staff
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