Sudan Is Upset Over Shipments Of Weapons To Rebel Groups

Sudan Summons Envoys Over Weapons
-- BBC News


Sudan has summoned the ambassadors of Kenya and Ethiopia over what it says are illegal deliveries of weapons to the country's semi-autonomous south.

The summons came after Somali pirates seized a Ukrainian ship last month carrying 33 tanks bought by Kenya.

The cargo's manifest appeared to show the tanks were destined for South Sudan, though Kenya has denied this.

Sudan's Suna news agency said the foreign ministry also complained about a plane-load of weapons from Ethiopia.

The weapons had arrived in the South Sudanese capital of Juba on Friday, Suna said.

But officials from Ethiopia and the southern Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) said the weapons were meant for a previously planned trade fair.

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My Comment: It is clear (to me) that both Ethiopia and Kenya are now actively assisting in the shipment of weapons to Southern Sudan guerrilla groups.

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