E. African States to Deploy Troops in South Sudan

East African states say they will start deploying troops in South Sudan by mid-April. East African heads of states met in Addis Ababa to discuss the size and mandate of a stabilization and protection force in the three-month old conflict. Lead mediator Seyoum Mesfin says that troops from East African countries should be deployed by mid-April, but he did not specify numbers. “We should not wait until all the countries prepare and tell you that they send," he said. "The...

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