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UNMISS raises alarm over alleged call to attack civilians in South Sudan
(MENAFN) The United Nations mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) on Sunday voiced concern over reports that a senior military commander encouraged troops to target civilians in Jonglei State.
UNMISS said that over 180,000 people have been displaced in Jonglei, with communities across the region “suffering immense harm” from escalating clashes between the main parties to a 2018 peace agreement.
“South Sudan’s leaders continue to reiterate their commitment to peace, yet hostilities and violations of the ceasefire continue unabated,” the mission stated.
“Inflammatory rhetoric calling for violence against civilians, including the most vulnerable, is utterly abhorrent and must stop now,” Graham Maitland, officer in charge of UNMISS, stressed.
He urged South Sudan’s leadership to halt the fighting, uphold the peace agreement, and “put the interests of their people first.”
“This includes returning to consensus-based decision-making, adhering to power-sharing arrangements, and agreeing on a path to peacefully end the transitional period through inclusive dialogue,” Maitland added.
South Sudan, the world’s youngest nation, gained independence from Sudan in 2011 but has faced ongoing conflict since December 2013, when President Salva Kiir Mayardit accused then-Vice President Riek Machar of plotting a coup.
Despite peace accords signed in 2018 and 2022, instability continues. Last February, the White Army militia, largely composed of Machar’s Nuer supporters, seized a town in Upper Nile State, prompting the detention of several generals and government ministers linked to Machar’s Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-in-Opposition.
UNMISS said that over 180,000 people have been displaced in Jonglei, with communities across the region “suffering immense harm” from escalating clashes between the main parties to a 2018 peace agreement.
“South Sudan’s leaders continue to reiterate their commitment to peace, yet hostilities and violations of the ceasefire continue unabated,” the mission stated.
“Inflammatory rhetoric calling for violence against civilians, including the most vulnerable, is utterly abhorrent and must stop now,” Graham Maitland, officer in charge of UNMISS, stressed.
He urged South Sudan’s leadership to halt the fighting, uphold the peace agreement, and “put the interests of their people first.”
“This includes returning to consensus-based decision-making, adhering to power-sharing arrangements, and agreeing on a path to peacefully end the transitional period through inclusive dialogue,” Maitland added.
South Sudan, the world’s youngest nation, gained independence from Sudan in 2011 but has faced ongoing conflict since December 2013, when President Salva Kiir Mayardit accused then-Vice President Riek Machar of plotting a coup.
Despite peace accords signed in 2018 and 2022, instability continues. Last February, the White Army militia, largely composed of Machar’s Nuer supporters, seized a town in Upper Nile State, prompting the detention of several generals and government ministers linked to Machar’s Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-in-Opposition.
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