UN deplores deadly attacks as tension rises in S. Sudan
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July 2, 2015 (JUBA) - The United Nations secretary general, Ban
Ki-moon has condemned a deadly attack at a ’protection-of-civilians’
site in South Sudan’s Upper Nile state, in the wake of renewed
violence between the country’s warring factions.
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A woman carries water through a UN camp for internally displaced
people in South Sudan’s Upper Nile state (Photo: IOM)
Wednesday’s attack at a UN compound in Malakal, reportedly led to the
death of an internally displaced person (IDP), while six others were
injured.
It was not clear who opened fire in an area contested by both the
South Sudanese army (SPLA) and an armed opposition force loyal to
militia leader, Gen. Johnson Olony.
Ki-moon reportedly called on former vice president Riek Machar and
Olony “to conduct an immediate investigation into this incident and
hold to account those responsible.”
“The Secretary-General] reminds the parties that they must respect the
inviolability of UNMISS premises, including protection of civilian
sites, which are now host to more than 140,000 IDPs,” a spokesperson
for the UN chief said in a statement.
The secretary-general, he added, also reiterated that there is no
military solution to the conflict in South Sudan and that he called on
all parties to immediately cease the hostilities and make the
necessary compromises to urgently conclude the negotiations
facilitated by the Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD).
According to the world body, some 120,000 South Sudanese are sheltered
in UN compounds while its current estimates suggest that the number of
people in need for 2015 will include an anticipated 1.95 million IDPs
and a projected 293,000 refugees.
Tens of thousands of people have been killed since violence broke out
in the country in December 2013, following political disputes in the
South Sudan’s ruling party (SPLM).
This was not the first time civilians were being attacked within a UN
base in South Sudan.
Last month, a UN base inhabiting tens of thousands of the displaced,
mainly from the Nuer ethnic group, was attacked in the South Sudanese
capital, as many were killed.
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