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Re: لماذا يتقاعس المجتمع الدولي عن تأمين حياة (Re: Frankly)
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Quote: Dispute over troop numbers Machar's arrival in Juba has been delayed because of a disagreement over the number of opposition troops travelling with Machar and his chief of staff, Simon Gatwech Dual, who is under United States and United Nations sanctions.
The opposition has demanded that Dual return to Juba along with the return of Machar.
It was proposed that Dual be flown from Gambela, Ethiopia, by an Ethiopian Airlines flight that was funded by the US government, according to Ezekiel Lol Gatkuoth, head of foreign affairs for the SPLA-IO, the opposition faction of the Sudan People's Liberation Movement.
Because the US cannot fund an individual under its own and UN sanctions, that plan was scrapped, Gatkuoth and other sources told Al Jazeera.
The UN mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) was then supposed to fly Dual along with 45 troops to Juba on Saturday, April 16, according to Gatkuoth.
"He was ready to be flown with two helicopters to Juba, one was taking 23 [troops] and the other 22 [troops]. All of a sudden they were saying the flights were not available until April 20," Gatkuoth said over the phone from Gambela, Ethiopia.
"There is no such plan with UN aircraft," said Ariane Quentier, spokeswoman for UNMISS in an email.
The opposition says that it found a "good samaritan" to charter a plane for Dual on Monday, before the expected arrival of Machar.
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