Zuma withdraws SA troops from Sudan
Article By: Staff Reporter
Thu, 25 Feb 2016 11:19 AM |
| South African army personnel sit on vehicle awaiting deployment. Credit: AFP PHOTO. |
In statement released by the Presidency, the president said that the troops would leave by April 1.
He thanked the soldiers for "their participation in bringing peace in Darfur."
The troops were deployed in Darfur in 2008 to bring peace to the region following fierce fighting there.
Despite the president's claims of there being peace in Darfur, fighting still rages in the region.
The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) last month expressed concern over the impact of the fighting in Darfur. OCHA said that 19 000 civilians had fled the area following fighting there.