President Kiir Rejects Deployment Of Additional Foreign Forces

Following a relative calm on Saturday, heavy fighting resumed on Sunday, spreading through the town and continued through yesterday until the ceasefire was announced.

At least 272 people have been killed during three days of fighting in the capital but Ladsous said the death toll was “only the tip of the iceberg” because many civilians were prevented from reaching safe ground.

Now is the time for Mr. Obama to speak up for the people of South Sudan and let them know that the United States will not stand by as the infant state drowns in its own blood.

As was the case at the beginning of the conflict, the warring parties are still South Sudan’s most prominent ethnic groups: the Dinka, led by President Kiir, and the Nuer, under Vice-President Machar. She requested all Indians to evacuate from the country with these planes as it will be hard to make similar efforts if the situation worsens in the future.

Fighting between rival troops began a week ago in the capital Juba, plunging the nation into its worst crisis since the end of a two-year civil war. Ugandan troops only pulled-out late previous year.

The August 2015 agreement paved the way for Machar’s return to the capital in late April to take up the deputy post in a so-called unity government.

But President Kiir says greater global intervention is not welcome.

The mission, United Nations agencies and funds are preparing for the temporary relocation of non-critical staff from Juba after two peacekeepers were injured in the fighting, and United Nations and other worldwide non-governmental organizations’ premises were targeted by government soldiers, she said.

Opposition forces are said to be scattered around the areas of Jebel and Yei road, near the capital, while Kiir’s forces have set up defensive positions on a major thoroughfare, the United Nations said. “From Entebbe they will depart for India, first landing in Thiruvananthapuram early on Friday morning and then come to Delhi”. “We will not accept that”.

Addressing the Security Council in New York, Ladsous said a decision must be taken quickly whether to strengthen the mandate of the body’s South Sudan mission.

Yes. In August 2015, after intense pressure from the worldwide community, Kiir and Machar signed a peace agreement that called for a two-year transitional government before new elections.

Embassies and aid organisations in South Sudan are moving to evacuate staff from Juba amid the tenuous ceasefire. There are now 13 500 troops and police on the ground.