James Gatdet Dak, a Machar representative speaking from neighboring Kenya, said the former rebel chief will come back once a regional force is deployed to keep the peace in the capital – a step rejected by the country’s Defense Ministry.
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Unicef on Thursday said it had increased its response efforts amid a rise in the number of suspected cases of cholera in South Sudan which had left more than 10 persons dead.
Ajang said the civil society organisations in South Sudan are not in favour of any intervention by foreign forces.
It was not immediately clear why the language on Britain’s Security Council veto power was not included in the final memo, though some officials did note that the strong criticism was not a typical United Nations approach.
Again, the UN Chief told the press that he is very much grateful for hard-working peacekeepers, and humanitarian workers, UN staff, NGOs, civil society and media who are working under very hard and risky circumstances.
He further concluded by saying, “Their forceful deployment in South Sudan will certainly produce undesirable results”.
Cardinal Peter Turkson, president of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, travelled to the capital Juba this week to give support to the Archbishop and to meet with the country’s leaders.
“For some TCCs (troop-contributing country) who are council members and have the responsibility to ensure peace and security globally, this can be considered as a lack of respect to their engagement on peace and security”, said the internal memo.
The two rival leaders reached an agreement to form a transitional unity government in August past year, which paved the way for the return of Machar and his political and military allies to Juba, but recent fighting has raised concerns about the commitment of both sides to lasting peace.
United Nations troops travel in a U.S. vehicle in South Sudan. Britain only withdrew two police, because that’s all they had in South Sudan at the time.
Ruai said the public should not hesitate to bring their complaints to the attention of either the military police or the military justice.
Although a cease-fire is now in effect in Juba, Father Moschetti said the threat of violence continues to loom large over the people and the church, which includes 350 local and worldwide missionaries.
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The police and troops serving in Unmiss are tasked primarily with protecting civilians in South Sudan, which has been torn apart by war since 2013.
