The troops were airlifted into the country Tuesday as part of an effort to evacuate USA personnel.
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Regional Refugee Coordinator for the South Sudan situation Ann Encontre expressed fears about the possibility fresh outflows of refugees in the wake of the recent military crisis in Juba and the dearth of funding for South Sudanese refugees.
It was not immediately known how many Indians were onboard the second aircraft. This is the right time.
The real reason for its poverty, however, is war: the country that is now South Sudan has been at war for 42 of the past 60 years. The remaining passengers hailed from other South Indian states. Both seemed confused, with the president telling reporters that the violence was “something that we can not explain to you”. “Please ask all your relatives and friends in South Sudan to pl make use of this opportunity and move”, she further tweeted.
One of the dual citizens said that if they are allowed to leave as US citizens, the authorities confiscate their South Sudanese passports.
Ellen Margrethe Loj, who heads the United Nations peacekeeping mission in South Sudan, echoed Ladsous’ assessment. My colleague @Gen_VKSingh is leading this operation.
Singh is accompanied by Amar Sinha, secretary (economic relations) in the external affairs ministry, joint secretary Satbir Singh and director Anjani Kumar. “The peace deal has to be re-worked in a way that keeps Salva Kiir and Riek Machar out of the balance of power”, he said.
In response to this, Swaraj said, ” Akshay Kumar ji – Pl do not worry.
Whatever the short-term challenges facing Sudan, analysts argue that it has fundamental strengths that still hold the promise of a bright future, such as a rich array of natural resources and significant support among global partners, some of whom regard it as an important ally in the fight against transnational terrorism, while others see it more through the prism of trade.
“The situation in South Sudan deteriorated suddenly in the past three days”.
However, Kenyan Foreign Minister Amina Mohammed has told the BBC that Kenyan nationals would not be evacuated, as the ceasefire in South Sudan was holding.
The opposition leader’s spokesperson also added that their side proposed the need to deploy a third party force which should create a buffer zone between the two rival forces in order to ensure there is no return to violence.
A shoot-out between Kiir’s and Machar’s guard units triggered the fighting that began on Friday afternoon.
He said the 15-member council encouraged countries in the region to prepare to send additional troops in the event the Security Council decides to boost the strength of the nearly 13,500-strong United Nations force.
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There was renewed fighting between the government and former rebel forces since Thursday in Juba.
