A spokesman for the Sudan People’s Liberation Army-In Opposition (SPLA-IO) has called on the United Nations to investigate the activities of the UN mandate in South Sudan, while charging the UN with supporting South Sudanese President Salva Kiir and his government. In a statement issued by SPLA-IO spokesman William Gatjliath Deng,…
The head of the commission responsible for overseeing South Sudan’s peace and political agreements said Wednesday that he is dismayed by escalating conflict that prevents their implementation, while exacting a heavy toll in humanitarian terms. “Over the past three months there have been increasing reports of targeted and revenge killings,…
Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn of Ethiopia has urged Kenya to revisit its decision to withdraw troops from South Sudan, the state-affiliated FANA news agency reported. “We want the government of Uhuru Kenyatta to let its troops remain in South Sudan and support the efforts being made to restore peace in…
Human rights leaders have condemned Kenya’s decision to deport the South Sudanese spokesman of opposition leader Riek Machar, who has called the deportation a violation of the Geneva Convention. The Daily Nation in Nairobi said that Machar, head of the opposition SPLM-IO and the former South Sudanese vice president in…