Southern Sudan will treat any external force into Juba as a hostile force, President Salva Kiir has said. "AU and IGAD has no factual information on what is happening that is why they are trying to push for such interventions," John Andruga Duku a member of government of South Sudan negotiating team said. Duku said already calm has returned in Juba saying that those fleeing Juba aren’t leaving fearing for their lives but because of hard economic times that has hit the country. "They have never intervened anywhere and brought peace, therefore, we don’t accept to be used as guinea pigs," he said. "Once capital Juba is put under foreign force control, the independence of S.S will be gone and the colonial era will set in.

Source: The Star July 24, 2016 19:51 UTC