Uganda's Museveni arrives in South Sudan amid political crisis

Reuters - 04/04
Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni arrived in neighbouring South Sudan on Thursday, in the highest level mission there since clashes and the detention of the vice president triggered regional fears of a return to civil war.
NAIROBI, April 3 (Reuters) - Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni arrived in neighbouring South Sudan on Thursday, in the highest level mission there since clashes and the detention of the vice president triggered regional fears of a return to civil war.
Museveni was met at the airport by South Sudan's President Salva Kiir, whose administration has accused First Vice President Riek Machar of stoking rebellion and put him under house arrest.

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The Ugandan leader, whose military was invited into South Sudan last month to help secure the capital, did not refer directly to the crisis in public remarks at the airport in Juba.
The visit follows mediation missions by the African Union and an East African regional body this week aimed at de-escalating the crisis.
Museveni told reporters he...
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