US EditionSouth Sudan crisis heightens 'risk of mass violence' against civilians, UN experts say
South Sudan People's Defence Forces ordered civilians and UN personnel to evacuate Jonglei, where fighting displaced over 180,000 people amid escalating conflict and warnings of mass violence.
- JUBA, Jan 26 — South Sudan’s military ordered civilians, United Nations Mission in South Sudan personnel, and NGO workers to evacuate three counties in Jonglei within 48 hours ahead of an imminent operation.
- Clashes that began in late December have intensified as the SSPDF seeks to halt an SPLA‑IO offensive after its seizure of Pajut and calls to march on Juba last week.
- SSPDF spokesperson Lul Ruai Koang said civilians `would be considered as legitimate military targets` and local media quoted a senior army official saying `no one should be spared, not even the elderly`, while the UN Commission warned such rhetoric dangerously escalates violence.
- UNMISS said over 180,000 people in Jonglei have been displaced and expressed grave concern, while Médecins Sans Frontières evacuated key staff from Akobo county amid worsening security on Sunday.
- The UN Commission urged regional and international partners to urgently re-engage to preserve the 2018 power-sharing peace deal, warned incitement risks criminal liability, and cautioned failure may trigger all-out ethnic conflict as the window to act closes fast.
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A risk of massive violence against civilians in South Sudan. The alert is issued by independent UN experts. In a statement issued on Sunday 25 January, they express their great concern at the situation in Jonglei, which has been in confrontation since the end of December between the army loyal to President Salva Kiir and SPLA-IO, forces loyal to former Vice-President Riek Machar arrested at the end of March 2025.
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