Conflict in South Sudan takes toll on Juba residents

Record ID: 1986291

  • Title: Conflict in South Sudan takes toll on Juba residents
  • Date: 27th March 2025
  • Summary: JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA (MARCH 27, 2025) (REUTERS) (SOUNDBITE) (English) CHAIR OF HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION IN SOUTH SUDAN, YASMIN SOOKA, SAYING: "South Sudan is standing at the crossroads and its leadership can decide, you know, to honor the revitalized peace agreement and in fact to build on the gains of the last seven years. But they can also, if they choose not to do
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  • Keywords: commission conflict human juba kiir machar reik rights salva security sooka south splm splm-io sudan un yasmin
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  • Country: South Sudan
  • Topics: Africa,Conflicts/War/Peace
  • Reuters ID: LVA004223327032025RP1
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  • Story Text: South Sudan President Salva Kiir last week sacked the governor of Upper Nile state, where clashes have escalated between government troops and an ethnic militia he accuses of allying with his rival, First Vice President Riek Machar.
    These recent clashes have reignited fears of large-scale violence, driving many to seek refuge in IDP camps. The international community, including the United Nations, has warned that South Sudan is on the edge of a catastrophic return to war if immediate steps are not taken to de-escalate the situation.
    In early March security forces rounded up several of Machar's most senior allies, following clashes in South Sudan's northeast between the military and the White Army militia, a force the government accuses Machar of supporting. Machar's SPLM-IO party denies any ongoing links with the White Army, which mostly comprises armed ethnic Nuer who fought alongside Machar against Kiir's largely Dinka forces during the 2013-2018 conflict.
    The U.N. has warned a rise in hate speech could plunge the country back to war along ethnic lines.
    (Production: Samir Bol, Mukelwa Hlatshwayo)
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