Is Uganda deployment in South Sudan more than just a citizen evacuation mission?

From Rosebell's Blog Sat Dec 21 2013, 10:52:58

It started on Sunday, December 15. I woke up on Monday to the news of a 'failed coup' in South Sudan that now many believe never was. Next day, President Salva Kiir wore his military fatigue as if to reinforce that idea that this will be solved militarily- in a country where he has yet [...]

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