Ban Ki-moon spoke to Kagame, Seeking support for South Sudan

{The UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon, spoke with Rwanda’s President, Paul Kagame, to discuss the situation in South Sudan.
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Ban Ki-moon is reaching out for the support of Rwanda for bolstering the capacity of the UN peacekeeping mission in the country (UNMISS) to allow it to do its utmost to protect civilians and for stepping up efforts to find a political solution to the crisis.

Ban Ki-moon has been speaking to many leaders on the situation in South Sudan. More than 81,000 people have been displaced by the crisis in South Sudan.

Ban has spoken to African leaders about “bolstering the capacity of the UN peacekeeping mission in the country (UNMISS)”

Apart from Kagame, Ban also spoke to Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, Chairperson of the African Union Commission; Hailemariam Dessalegn, Chairperson of the African Union and Prime Minister of Ethiopia; Joyce Hilda Mtila Banda, President of Malawi; Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete, President of Tanzania; Nawaz Sharif, Prime Minister of Pakistan; Sheikh Hasina, Prime Minister of Bangladesh; and Khil Raj Regmi, Prime Minister of Nepal.