Red Cross seeks Museveni’s intervention in S. Sudan conflict
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August 21, 2017 (KAMPALA) – The International Committee of the Red
Cross (ICRC) has, in the wake of the growing insecurity and political
instability in South Sudan, appealed for more support from Uganda’s
President Yoweri Museveni to ensure end to the civil war.
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Ugandan leader Yoweri Museveni speaks at the national dialogue launch
in South Sudan, May 22, 2017 (PPU photo)
Addressing a press conference in Kampala, Uganda on Monday, ICRC
President Peter Maurer, who had returned from a four-day tour of the
war-torn nation, said the situation in South Sudan was deteriorating
each day, with cases of gross violation of human rights.
“The conflict has had enormous effect on people’s lives. I’m planning
to meet President Museveni and we discuss how to restore political
stability in South Sudan. I know he will manage because of his
influence and standing,” Maurer told reporters.
The ICRC President, during his visit, also held meetings with South
Sudan President Salva Kiir, opposition leaders and other relevant
stakeholders, who included the country opposition party leaders.
“There is no military solution to the problem. It’s better to solve
the problem politically,” Maurer said.
Maurer said a third of South Sudanese nationals are currently refugees
in neigbouring countries, adding that ICRC has spent more than $110m
in one year providing them with humanitarian services.
The ICRC president called on all relevant actors to intervene in
meeting the health and other basic needs of the South Sudanese.
The United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) said Thursday that the
numbers of South Sudanese refugees currently living in Uganda exceeded
one million, amid calls for urgent additional support.
Majority of the refugees, the agency said, are women and children.
“Over the past 12 months, averages of 1,800 South Sudanese have been
arriving in Uganda every day,” UNHCR said in a statement.
“In addition to the million there, a million or even more South
Sudanese refugees are being hosted by Sudan, Ethiopia, Kenya,
Democratic Republic of Congo and the Central African Republic,” it
added.
According to the UN agency, however, over 85% of the refugees who have
arrived in Uganda are women and children below 18 years.
“Recent arrivals continue to speak of barbaric violence, with armed
groups reportedly burning down houses with civilians inside, people
being killed in front of family members, sexual assaults of women and
girls, and kidnapping of boys for forced conscription,” said UNHCR.
As of refugees arrive, it said, aid delivery is increasingly falling short.
The UN agency underscored that although $674 million is needed for
South Sudanese refugees in Uganda this year, so far only a fifth of
this amount, or 21%, has so far been received. But although a total of
$883.5 million is needed for the South Sudan situation, only $250
million has reportedly been received.
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