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UN peacekeepers defy South Sudan military’s order to leave opposition-held town
- On Monday, the United Nations Mission in South Sudan said it will not comply with the South Sudanese army's Friday order to vacate its Akobo base, pledging a protective presence while engaging stakeholders.
- After the 2018 peace deal collapsed about a year ago, a December 2025 escalation in northern Jonglei displaced over 280,000 people amid renewed fighting.
- Doctors Without Borders said it evacuated staff on Saturday and later found its Akobo hospital looted, while Dual Diew reported 84 wounded patients lacking medicine and local officials warned of supply shortages.
- The U.S., U.K. and Norway sent a Monday letter urging the revocation of the evacuation order and warned of 'further deaths, displacement and suffering' .
- A small contingent of U.N. peacekeepers remains in Akobo as humanitarian workers were evacuated over the weekend and a mass exodus of the population has begun.
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The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (Minus) announced on 9 March 2026 "that its "blue masks" will remain in Akobo in order to ensure the protection of civilians" in this city located in the east, border of Ethiopia, considered by the army as a bastion of the opposition movement of Riek Machar, under house arrest since March 2025. Troika countries (United States, United Kingdom, Norway) are calling for a hearing of President Salva Kiir to s…
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UN peacekeepers defy South Sudan military's order to leave opposition-held town
The United Nations Mission in South Sudan says it will not comply with a government order to shut down its base in Akobo, an opposition stronghold near the Ethiopian border where tens of thousands of refugees have fled.
South Sudan defends order to close UN base in Akobo - Radio Tamazuj
South Sudan’s government on Monday defended a military order calling for the closure of a United Nations peacekeeping base in Akobo, saying the move followed earlier coordination with the mission. The South Sudan People’s Defence Forces (SSPDF) last Friday issued an order directing civilians, humanitarian organizations and the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) to vacate Akobo within 72 hours. The military also asked the U.N. mission…
US, UK, Norway urge Kiir to revoke order expelling un, aid agencies from Akobo
The embassies of Norway, the United Kingdom, and the United States have called on President Salva Kiir to revoke an order by the South Sudan People’s Defence Forces directing the UN mission, aid agencies, and civilians to leave Akobo County within three days. The western missions made the call in a letter addressed to President Kiir. The letter was signed by the ambassadors of the Kingdom of Norway and the United Kingdom, and the Chargé d’Affair…
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