US president faces calls to intervene in war-torn country after Human Rights Watch presents novel evidence of alleged atrocitiesBarack Obama arrives in Kenya this weekend amid calls for the US to take swift action to halt continuing violence in South Sudan,where novel evidence emerged on Wednesday of horrific atrocities amounting to war crimes and crimes against humanity.
Obama will attend a conference on global entrepreneurship in Nairobi, and may visit Nyan’goma Kogello village, or the home of his late father. Nairobi residents maintain complained that $500000 (£320000) in taxpayers’ money has been spent sprucing up the capital ahead of his arrival.
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Source: theguardian.com