Saturday 8 March 2014

NEWSFLASH - Bana Soto military exercise threatens peace (Reuters)


From our defence correspondent on the Mbote - Bana Soto border

In a provocative move the President of Bana Soto, Washington Deesee, has ordered a full scale military exercise by units of the Bana Soto armed forces in the border zone with Mbote. In a surprise visit to troops in the front line, President Deesee declared that any infringement of the border by Mbote military forces would be regarded as an act of war. In recent days, tension between the two neighbouring states has reached breaking point, with both sides denying complicity in the collapse of the peace talks in Gombo..

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