Govt rejects proposal to accept UN peacekeepers

South Sudan has rejected a proposal by the United States for the UN Security Council to send 4,000 additional troops to the country, claiming it “seriously undermines” its sovereignty. Micael Makuei, a government spokesman, said yesterday that the proposal that could be voted on Friday by the Security Council was giving the UN the ability […]

South Sudan has rejected a proposal by the United States for the UN Security Council to send 4,000 additional troops to the country, claiming it “seriously undermines” its sovereignty.
Micael Makuei, a government spokesman, said yesterday that the proposal that could be voted on Friday by the Security Council was giving the UN the ability to govern.
“If South Sudan is turned into a UN protectorate, then this is not the end of the game but the beginning,” the government spokesman, Makuei, said.
“It will begin with South Sudan, but it will end up with all of us being turned into new colonies.”
Under the US proposal, the force would be part of a 12,000-strong UN peacekeeping mission in South Sudan, known as UNMISS, which has been on the ground since the country gained independence from Sudan in 2011.