July 2011 – South Sudan becomes an independent country after more than 20 years of guerrilla warfare, which claimed the lives of at least 1.5 million people and displaced more than four million. Ladsous suggested a rollover of the mandate for one month “while we do an assessment of the requirements to address the situation on the ground”.
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The Chinese embassy in South Sudan issued a travel notice this week warning citizens not to travel to the country, and that if they insisted on such a visit they “could face extremely high risks and not be able to receive timely assistance”.
According to the letter, though equipped for combat, these additional military personnel’s main mission would be to protect United States citizens and property amid the deteriorating security situation in South Sudan. Amid a tense cease-fire which has held since Monday night, the USA troops deployed at the request of the State Department, said Africom spokeswoman Cpt Jennifer Dyrcz. There are over 12,000 foreign troops here in South Sudan.
Earlier, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj held a high level meeting to review the situation in South Sudan.
C-17 military transport Globemaster aircraft to Juba, to evacuate 600 Indians stranded in conflict-ridden South Sudan.
Obama also said that 130 more personnel were positioned in Djibouti and ready to deploy if necessary.
China, Italy, Germany, Britain, Japan, India and Uganda have already started evacuating their citizens from the country.
Fighting between rival troops began a week ago in the capital Juba, which has been calm since Monday evening when Kiir and Riek Machar – the former rebel leader and now vice president – ordered their respective forces to cease hostilities.
At least 42,000 people have fled their homes in the latest flareup, with 7,000 sheltering in United Nations peacekeeping bases, while aid groups and churches in the city have taken in 35,000 people.
There is virtually no food in the markets and most people that remained in the city are starving. Government forces have been reported to prevent aid workers from helping civilians.
A convoy of Ugandan troops moving into South Sudan’s capital for evacuations was ambushed by gunmen who were repulsed following an exchange of fire, Lt. Col.
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The August 2015 agreement paved the way for Machar’s return to the capital in late April to take up the deputy post again in a so-called unity government.
