South Sudan Leaders Can't Control Their Troops, Former Defense Official Says

President Salva Kiir and First Vice President Riek Machar are not in control of their troops, according to South Sudan's former deputy minister of defense. Majak D'Agoot said some individuals within the South Sudan Army have taken advantage of the confusion to create insecurity in Juba, and insisted that South Sudan needs urgent intervention by the international community to restore peace in the capital. D'Agoot said Kiir and Machar as much as admitted they were not in...

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