South Sudan disagrees over UN decision to deploy 4,000 troops in Juba

The decision by the United Nations to deploy 4,000 strong troops to Juba, has been disapproved by authorities in South Sudan.

Moments after the UN Security Council approved the deployment of a peacekeeping force in South Sudan, after recent fighting threatened to send the country back to all-out civil war, the decision was turned down.

Responding to the proposed move, Information Minister Michael Makuei said the troops should be independent rather than under U.N. command.

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“That is very unfortunate and we are not going to ‘cooperate’ on that because we will not allow our country to be taken over by the UN,” Kiir’s spokesman Ateny Wek Ateny told Reuters news agency.

“Any force that will be called Juba Protection force will not be accepted.” Makuei added.

The South Sudanese government further warned that the deployment of more UN forces would “seriously undermines” its sovereignty.

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