S Sudan expecting anti-aircraft missiles

A general from South Sudan's military said he expected the government to supply security forces with anti-aircraft missiles in the coming months. South Sudan became an independent country in July under the terms of a 2005 agreement. The deal ended one of the bloodiest conflicts since World War II, though ethnic conflicts, border skirmishes and disputes over oil are threatening the peace agreement. Gen. James Hoth Mai, chief of the general staff of South Sudan's military, was quoted by the independent Sudan Tribune as saying his forces would no longer "have an issue with air defense" as anti-aircraft missiles were expected in a "few months." The report states that South Sudan alleges that forces from the north dropped more than 80 bombs on its side of the border since July. South Sudan doesn't have the military power to counter the threat, it adds. The International Committee of the Red Cross expressed concern about the growing number of internally displaced people affected by conflict along the border between the countries. "Many people left their homes in a hurry because of the violence, often leaving everything behind and finding some sort of shelter in makeshift camps," Melker Mabeck, the ICRC's head of delegation in South Sudan, said in a statement.