South Sudan army atrocities continue in Central Equatoria
Members of South Sudan’s army in a pick-up vehicle in an unidentified area in South Sudan (Photo credit: Unknown)
May 10, 2020 (SSNN) — The National Salvation Front (NAS) led by General Thomas Cirilo has said South Sudan army continues to carry out more atrocities in the country’s Central Equatoria state.
According to NAS Press release, the army is conducting assaults on their positions.
The holdout rebel group has accused the army and the SPLA-IO forces of launching offensives against areas mostly inhabited by civilians in some parts of Yei River county.
“NAS urges members of International Community and international humanitarian organizations to closely monitor this worrying development and hold the government responsible for the suffering they are inflicting on civilians,” the statement issued Saturday partly reads.
The holdout opposition group further claimed that the army and the SPLA-IO have closed all the roads and denied access to the UNMISS peacekeepers who are mandated with the protection of civilians.
“The cancellation of movement of UNMISS and NGOs is to provide cover for this planned offensive and to deny UNMISS as well as NGOs access to areas and evidence of the humanitarian catastrophe in the making and the atrocities of the SSPDF- SPLA IO on civilians,” said the group.
South Sudan News Now could not verify the authenticity of this information as several emails to the UN Mission in South Sudan were not responded.
The latest government offensives are considered to be a big blow to the ceasefire agreement signed in 2017 and the Rome Declaration signed by the holdout opposition groups and the government in Rome early this year.
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