UN peacekeepers have been deployed in South Sudan since the country gained independence from Sudan in 2011. ”The flight from South Sudan has landed in Delhi. New Delhi, Jul 15 (Agencies): The first batch of 156 people evacuated from war-torn South Sudan arrived in India on Friday morning on board an Indian Air Force transport aircraft. Several Indians, after registering with the MEA for leaving South Sudan, refused to return, despite an appeal by Swaraj on Twitter asking them to move out. The Boeing C-17 Globemaster, from South Sudan's capital city Juba with Minister of State for External Affairs V.K.

Source: The Telegraph July 15, 2016 08:48 UTC