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South Sudan Should ‘Urgently Pull Back From the Brink’: UN Rights Chief
- South Sudan’s violence escalated in May 2025 as clashes between government and opposition forces occurred in Jonglei and Upper Nile states.
- The renewed fighting followed the collapse of a fragile 2018 power-sharing agreement and the house arrest of Vice-President Riek Machar in March 2025.
- The conflict featured intense air strikes and combined attacks from the river and land by government forces against SPLA-IO positions, resulting in the deaths of at least 75 civilians and the displacement of thousands.
- UN High Commissioner Volker Turk urged all sides in the conflict to step away from escalating tensions, condemned arbitrary detentions, and emphasized the importance of honoring the 2018 peace agreement.
- The intensified hostilities risk worsening South Sudan’s human rights and humanitarian crises, with urgent calls for civilian protection and humanitarian access.
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South Sudan clashes kill at least 75 since February, UN says
Clashes between South Sudan's army and fighters backing the rival to President Salva Kiir have killed at least 75 civilians since February, the UN human rights chief said on Friday. Dozens more have been injured and thousands forced to flee their homes in the world's newest state, said United Nations Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk. South Sudan, which gained independence from Sudan in 2011, was plunged into a civil war between 2013 and…
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UN rights chief urges warring sides in South Sudan to 'pull back from the brink'
GENEVA (Reuters) -The United Nations rights chief urged on Friday for warring sides in South Sudan to pull back from the brink, warning that the human rights situation risks further deterioration as fighting intensifies.
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