Partial evacuation of Chinese embassy in Juba JUBA (17 Jul.) The Chinese embassy in South Sudan has been partially evacuated following fighting in Juba last week, according to the website of China Radio International.
“Non-essential embassy staff are among 49 Chinese nationals who have returned to China on a special flight which left South Sudan on Saturday,” the radio station reported. However, the exact number of diplomatic staff evacuated was not specified in the official report. China is among a growing number of countries which are evacuating their citizens from Juba amid fears fighting between supporters of the country's president and vice-president may erupt again. Hundreds died in the violence, which involved fighting between SPLA and SPLA-IO, the two signatories to South Sudan's 2015 peace deal, as well as targeted attacks on civilians. Two Chinese peacekeepers were among the dead. -- To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/d/forum/southsudankob View this message at https://groups.google.com/d/msg/southsudankob/topic-id/message-id For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "South Sudan Info - The Kob" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/SouthSudanKob. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/SouthSudanKob/CAJb14ooLOUqAHGvrMgEOTEVkUGop9s3k38J-sr-fs3Q0%3Dk4GgA%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
