Mogae�s staff safe

Mogae is mediating in South Sudan
Mogae is mediating in South Sudan

The staff of former president Festus Mogae based in South Sudan capital, Juba, including members of the Joint Monitoring and Evaluation Commission (JMEC), are safe. This is ccording to the commission’s spokesperson, François Fall based in Juba.

Fall’s assurances come after Mogae, who chairs the JMEC, expressed fears and concerns over their safety following an eruption of war when troops loyal to President Salva Kiir and first Vice President Riek Machar began shooting at each other in the streets of Juba leaving over 150 people dead.

In an email response to Mmegi, the JMEC spokesperson, who is also Mogae’s deputy said, “the rest of the staff in Juba are all safe and we thank God for that”.

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