Monday, July 11, 2016

Peacekeepers from China killed, injured in S. Sudan

The UN Security Council said Sunday that several UN peacekeepers from China and Rwanda were killed or injured in attacks in the wake of the recent escalating fighting in Juba, capital of South Sudan.

The exact number of casualties is yet to be confirmed.

In a statement issued here following an emergency session, the Security Council "condemned in the strongest terms the escalation of fighting in Juba, South Sudan that started on July 7."

The 15-nation UN body expressed sympathies and condolences to the families of Chinese and Rwandan peacekeepers who were killed or injured in the attacks.

They also expressed "particular shock and outrage" at the attacks on UN compounds and protection of civilians sites in Juba.
 [Xinhua -china.org.cn]
11/7/16

2 comments:

  1. BBC: South Sudan could flare up again the civil war...

    After clashes between government troops of South Sudan and forces loyal to the Vice-President Rijeka Masaru, the representative of the Vice-President said that South Sudan returned to civil war, reports the BBC.

    Supporters of Vice-President claim to have attacked government troops. The Minister of information of South Sudan said that the Vice President is not going to negotiate with the government.

    The clashes in South Sudan in recent days killed at least several hundred people. The mission of the UN reported that hundreds of civilians sought refuge in the territory of the UN mission.
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    11/7/16

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  2. The United States has demanded an immediate end to renewed fighting in the capital of South Sudan on Sunday, ordering all non-essential personnel out of the troubled country...

    “The United States strongly condemns the latest outbreak of fighting in Juba today between forces aligned with President Salva Kiir Mayardit and those aligned with First Vice President Riek Machar Teny, including reports we have that civilian sites may have been attacked,” State Department spokesman John Kirby said in a statement.

    “In response to ongoing violence in South Sudan, the Department of State ordered today the departure of non-emergency personnel from the US Embassy in Juba.”

    Urging Americans in the country to take security precautions, he warned that “the embassy’s ability to provide emergency services to US citizens in Juba is extremely limited.”

    The battles are the first between the army and ex-rebels in Juba since rebel leader Machar returned to take up the post of vice president in a unity government in April, under an accord to end a bloody civil war.

    Washington is pressing “both leaders and their political allies and commanders to immediately restrain their forces from further fighting, return them to barracks and prevent additional violence and bloodshed,” Kirby said...alarabiya.net by AP
    11/7/16

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