Bulgaria and Israel fuelling S. Sudan war - report
Soldiers of the Sudan People Liberation Army (SPLA) sit in a pick-up truck at the military base in Malakal, northern South Sudan, on October 16, 2016. It is said that Israel is fuelling the war. PHOTO | AFP
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- Juba-based Miraya Radio said the report was discussed by the UN panel of experts on Thursday at a Security Council meeting.
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A confidential United Nations report accuses Israel of fuelling the war in South Sudan through the sale of weapons to the government.
Juba-based Miraya Radio said the report was discussed by the UN panel of experts on Thursday at a Security Council meeting.
According to the Radio, the report said there was substantial evidence of arms deals between Israel and South Sudan, especially after the December 2013 outbreak of civil war.
Bulgaria is also named as a big arms supplier to the government of Salva Kiir.
“The evidence illustrates networks through which weapons procurement is coordinated from suppliers in eastern Europe and the Middle East and then transferred through middlemen to South Sudan,” the report says.
The report adds that bodyguards of former vice-president Riek Machar, who were in the DR Congo, were using Israel-made automatic rifles that were part of a stock to Uganda in 2007.
A Bulgarian company is pointed in the UN report as delivering a shipment of small arms’ ammunition and 4,000 assault rifles to Uganda in July 2014, which were later transferred to South Sudan.
