Conflict in South Sudan takes toll on Juba residents

Record ID: 1986293

  • Title: Conflict in South Sudan takes toll on Juba residents
  • Date: 27th March 2025
  • Summary: JUBA, SOUTH SUDAN (MARCH 27, 2025) (REUTERS) JUBA RESIDENT AND REFRESHMENTS VENDOR, VICTORIA KOJANG, SETTING UP TEA AT HER REFRESHMENTS STAND KOJANG PLACING KETTLE ON CHARCOAL STOVE KOJANG ADDING CHARCOAL TO STOVE (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) JUBA RESIDENT AND REFRESHMENTS VENDOR, VICTORIA KOJANG, SAYING: "I strongly oppose war. I want to protect myself and my family. I pray day a
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  • Keywords: commission conflict human juba kiir machar reik rights salva security sooka south splm splm-io sudan un yasmin
  • Location: VARIOUS
  • City: VARIOUS
  • Country: South Sudan
  • Topics: Africa,Conflicts/War/Peace
  • Reuters ID: LVA001223327032025RP1
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • 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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