US EditionSouth Sudan Should ‘Urgently Pull Back From the Brink’: UN Rights Chief
- Since early 2025, South Sudan has experienced intensified clashes between forces loyal to President Salva Kiir and those backing Vice-President Riek Machar in Jonglei and Upper Nile states.
- These hostilities follow the near collapse of the fragile 2018 peace accord that ended the 2013–2018 civil war and coincided with Machar's house arrest since March amid political detentions.
- The conflict features government aerial and ground attacks targeting opposition SPLA-IO positions and civilian areas, including a May 21 opposition counter-offensive that further displaced thousands.
- At least 75 civilians have died, 78 were wounded, around 125,000 displaced since mid-April, and more than 55 senior opposition figures remain arbitrarily detained, worsening the humanitarian crisis.
- UN High Commissioner Volker Turk urged all parties to urgently pull back, respect the peace deal, end arbitrary detentions, protect civilians, and enable humanitarian access to prevent further abuses.
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UN raises red flag over worsening security and rights conditions in South Sudan
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk expressed deep concern on Friday over the escalating hostilities in South Sudan since February, warning that the hostilities could further worsen the country’s severe humanitarian crisis. In recent weeks, fighting between the South Sudan People’s Defence Forces (SSPDF) and the Sudan People’s Liberation Army-In Opposition (SPLA-IO), along with their respective allied armed groups, has escalated si…
South Sudan clashes kill at least 75 since February, UN says
Clashes between South Sudan's army and fighters backing the rival to President Salva Kiir have killed at least 75 civilians since February, the UN human rights chief said on Friday. Dozens more have been injured and thousands forced to flee their homes in the world's newest state, said United Nations Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk. South Sudan, which gained independence from Sudan in 2011, was plunged into a civil war between 2013 and…
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UN rights chief urges warring sides in South Sudan to 'pull back from the brink'
GENEVA (Reuters) -The United Nations rights chief urged on Friday for warring sides in South Sudan to pull back from the brink, warning that the human rights situation risks further deterioration as fighting intensifies.
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