Tens of thousands have sought refuge in South Sudan since conflict surged in April [Getty images]
Tensions remain high despite power-sharing agreements, and violent local groups continue to bloody the world's youngest country in the shadow of conflict to the north.
Tens of thousands have sought refuge in South Sudan since conflict surged in April [Getty images]
The conflict in Sudan[1], which has shown how quickly "hard-won peace gains" can unravel, should not distract attention from the risks facing neighbouring South Sudan[2], the UN envoy to the young country warned on Tuesday.
After gaining independence from Sudan in 2011, South Sudan[3] descended into a civil war that left nearly 400,000 people dead and millions displaced between 2013 and 2018.
A peace agreement signed in 2018 provided a power-sharing agreement[4] between rivals Salva Kiir and Riek Machar in a government of national unity.
But tensions remain and violent local groups continue to bloody the world's youngest country.
Two months of fighting in Sudan, to the north, has had an impact on the country, Nicholas Haysom, who heads the United Nations mission in South Sudan, told the Security Council.
"Since mid-April, over 117,000 women, children and men have crossed over into South Sudan from Sudan along the border areas," and 93 percent are South Sudanese returnees, he said.
That puts a strain on the country's ability to absorb such numbers in border towns where bottlenecks have developed, Haysom said.
"Now is not the time to take our eyes off the ball in South Sudan," the UN envoy stressed, warning that the economic impacts of the conflict "cast a shadow in an already fragile country."
"On the political side, the conflict in Sudan reduces the much-needed bandwidth... to focus attention on South Sudan during this critical phase of its transition," he said.
References
- ^ conflict in Sudan (www.newarab.com)
- ^ South Sudan (www.newarab.com)
- ^ South Sudan (www.newarab.com)
- ^ power-sharing agreement (www.newarab.com)
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