Fighting increases in Upper Nile and Jonglei States, says UNMISS Chief CRN Thursday, May 11, 2017 - 15:36
Fighting is increasing in Upper Nile and Jonglei regions, forcing big numbers of people to Aburoc village, says the head of UN Mission in South Sudan or UNMISS. David Shearer expresses concerns on the difficult conditions IDPs face including lack of food and water. There about 40 thousand people and UNMISS has flown peacekeeping force to the area, the Special Representative told the press on Thursday in Juba. Shearer says UNMISS is supporting the government to bring peace in Pibor and Bor where there is deteriorating security situation. UNMISS base in Leer area had been under attack for one hour last week and investigation still ongoing, the UNMISS chiefs discloses. About 40 people died and 17 injured in the last week attack on Juba-Bor road, Shearer notes. -- 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/CAJb14orHTRbXJiF-S6GHTQzLUOMwwqsMLJ-kiSz-WX1si5QUhg%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
