US EditionSouth Sudan situation deteriorating at alarming pace, UN rights body says
- Clashes between forces allied to President Salva Kiir and First Vice President Riek Machar threaten the fragile power-sharing agreement in Upper Nile State, according to the UN Mission in South Sudan and local reports.
- A United Nations helicopter was attacked in Upper Nile State, resulting in one crew member's death and two others injured, along with the death of an army general, reported by UNMISS.
- Yasmin Sooka, chair of the UN Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan, stated that the country is witnessing 'alarming regression that could erase years of hard-won progress' towards peace.
- The African Union condemned the violent escalation and called for an 'immediate end to hostilities,' amid increasing tensions and arrests related to the ongoing conflicts.
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Uganda deploys special forces to South Sudan to protect the government as fears of civil war grow
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anarchistfederation.netSouth Sudan: peace accord on brink of collapse
South Sudanese troops have deployed around the house of Vice President Riek Machar and arrested officials from his SPLA-IO party, marking one of the most serious threats yet to the peace deal that Machar’s group signed with President Salva Kiir in 2018. The arrests follow reports of clashes in northeastern Upper Nile state between the national army and the ethnic Nuer militia known as the White Army, which was allied to Marchar during the 2013-2…
In South Sudan, a crisis that goes beyond the competition between Salva Kiir and Riek Machar
In South Sudan, calls for de-escalation are increasing, while tensions between President Salva Kiir and Vice-President Riek Machar are reaching new heights: armed clashes in several parts of the country, mass arrests in the vicinity of Riek Machar whose residence has been surrounded... To the extent that the balance that has prevailed since the peace agreement signed in 2018 to put an end to the civil war seems threatened today. How can we expla…
South Sudan On the Precipice of Renewed Full-Blown War
Tensions are running dangerously high after an opposition-linked militia overran an army base loyal to President Salva Kiir in South Sudan's Upper Nile state. Regional leaders should urgently press Kiir and Vice President Riek Machar, who has ties to the militia, to calm the situation.
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