The UN mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) says it will ramp up patrols and continue to work with stakeholders at the state, national and local level to encourage dialogue and reduce tensions and insecurity in Unity State.
Fighting between the Sudan People’s Liberation Army in Opposition and armed youths, which began in Mirmir Payam, has spread to several villages in Koch, Mayiandit and Leer.
Unidentified gunmen attacked Nyirol County of South Sudan’s Jonglei State Thursday killing at least seven fishermen; The head of South Sudan’s Elections Commission says the country needs at least six months after the transitional period expires in December to prepare for and hold a free and fair election; The Norwegian Refugee Council says it has suspended operations in parts of South Sudan’s Unity State after armed groups attacked and looted food aid from its warehouses at least four times over the past two weeks
Unidentified gunmen attacked Nyirol County of South Sudan’s Jonglei State Thursday killing at least seven fishermen; The head of South Sudan’s Elections Commission says the country needs at least six months after the transitional period expires in December to prepare for and hold a free and fair election; The Norwegian Refugee Council says it has suspended operations in parts of South Sudan’s Unity State after armed groups attacked and looted food aid from its warehouses at least four times over the past two weeks
Summary The older woman told Human Rights Watch that the first time government soldiers and militias came to her village in South Sudan in 2015, all civilians were subject to attack. “The old men and women who couldn’t run were killed,” she said. “There was Gatpan Mut, for example, who was a little old, and Gatkui Jich, who couldn’t move, and many, many more whose names I can’t remember.”