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BBC News
11-03-2025
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South Sudan tensions: Uganda deploys forces to Juba, military chief says
Uganda has deployed special forces to South Sudan's capital, Juba, to help President Salva Kiir to "secure it", Uganda's military chief Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba has said. The move comes as tensions escalate between Kiir and his deputy Riek Machar, raising fears that their fragile peace deal could collapse and a conflict could resume. Gen Kainerugaba did not give reasons for the deployment to the neighbouring state but said that any move against Kiir "is a declaration of war against Uganda"."We shall protect the entire territory of South Sudan like it was our own," he added on the social media platform X. South Sudan's government has not yet commented on the about the security situation in South Sudan has been mounting, with the US on Saturday ordering the evacuation of all its non-emergency staff from the country. Last week, the deputy chief of the army and two ministers - all allies of Machar - were arrested by the security forces, which an opposition spokesman called a "grave violation" of the peace of the ministers has since been arrests followed clashes in the Upper Nile state between government forces and a militia known as the White had fought alongside Machar during the civil war that broke out in 2013 following a power struggle between him and led to heavy fighting in Juba, with Kiir accusing Machar of plotting a denied the allegation, but South Sudan then plunged into a civil war that killed more than 400,000 people.A 2018 power-sharing agreement between the two stopped the fighting, but key elements of the deal have not been implemented – including a new constitution, an election and the reunification of armed groups into a single army. You may also be interested in: Mystery in South Sudan after sacked spy boss mired in gun battleCurfew and deaths in South Sudan after revenge attacks on SudaneseSalva Kiir: South Sudan's president in a cowboy hat Go to for more news from the African us on Twitter @BBCAfrica, on Facebook at BBC Africa or on Instagram at bbcafrica
BBC News
10-03-2025
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South Sudan tensions: US orders non-emergency staff to leave
The United States has ordered all its non-emergency staff in South Sudan to leave, amid rising tensions in the in recent days has threatened an already fragile peace deal between President Salva Kiir and Vice-President Riek two leaders signed a peace agreement in 2018 to end a five-year civil war that killed hundreds of thousands of people, but their relationship has remained Sunday, the US State Department said that fighting was ongoing in South Sudan between various political and ethnic groups and that "weapons are readily available to the population". "Due to the risks in the country, on March 08, 2025, the Department of State ordered the departure of non-emergency US government employees," it UN human rights commission for South Sudan on Saturday warned of an "alarming regression" that threatened to undo years of progress towards Kiir has called for calm and made an assurance that the country would not return to an escalation of the tensions, a UN helicopter that had been evacuating members of the national army was shot at on Friday, killing several people, including one crew in the week, the deputy chief of the army and two ministers allied to Machar were arrested by security forces, which an opposition spokesman termed a "grave violation" of the peace arrests of the Machar-allied officials followed clashes in the country's Upper Nile state between government forces and a militia known as the White Army, which had fought alongside Machar during the civil Sudan, the world's newest nation, gained independence in 2011 after seceding from just two years later, following a rift between Kiir and Machar, the country descended into a civil war, in which more than 400,000 people were 2018 power-sharing agreement between the two stopped the fighting, but key elements of the deal have not been implemented – including a new constitution, an election, and the reunification of armed groups into a single violence between ethnic or local groups has continued in parts of the country. You may also be interested in: General's arrest violates South Sudan peace deal, opposition saysMystery in South Sudan after sacked spy boss mired in gun battleCurfew and deaths in South Sudan after revenge attacks on SudaneseSalva Kiir: South Sudan's president in a cowboy hat Go to for more news from the African us on Twitter @BBCAfrica, on Facebook at BBC Africa or on Instagram at bbcafrica
BBC News
07-03-2025
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South Sudan: UN evacuation attempt disrupted by deadly shooting
Several people have died in South Sudan after an attempt by the UN to evacuate members of the national army came under fire, the UN has crew member died when a UN helicopter was shot at, a statement from its mission in South Sudan (Unmiss) said. It added that an injured South Sudanese general and several other troops were also killed during the evacuation attempt in the Upper Nile Sudan President Salva Kiir said that a second UN helicopter managed to take off after the attack, only to crash land, killing all passengers on UN has not confirmed Kiir's comments, but it did say the attack on the first helicopter "may constitute a war crime". Weeks of fighting in Upper Nile has threatened an already fragile peace deal between President Kiir and Vice-President Riek 2013, a rift between the pair sparked a five-year civil war, during which 400,000 people were killed and 2.5 million forced from their homes.A peace agreement was signed in 2018 but the situation has been fraught ever ongoing fighting in Upper Nile is between the armed forces and the White Army, an ethnic militia that was allied with Machar during the agreement with the White Army and South Sudan's army, Unmiss has been evacuating wounded troops from the conflict head Nicholas Haysom said in a statement that the attack on his mission's personnel was "utterly abhorrent and may constitute a war crime under international law. We deeply regret the tragic loss of our colleague and express our sincere condolences to his loved ones."We also regret the killing of those that we were attempting to extract, particularly when assurances of safe passage had been received."President Kiir said the army general who died in the attack was Gen Majur Dak, who led the forces stationed in Nasir, a region in Upper the fighting, a slew of arrests has sparked concerns that South Sudan may see a return to war.A number of Machar's allies, including the oil minister and a high-ranking army general, were detained earlier this Friday's attack, Kirr urged the nation to "remain calm"."I have said time and again, that our country would not go back to war. Let no-one take the law into their own hands. The government, which I lead, will handle this crisis," he Sudan is the world's newest nation, after seceding from Sudan in 2011. You may also be interested in: Mystery in South Sudan after sacked spy boss mired in gun battleCurfew and deaths in South Sudan after revenge attacks on SudaneseSalva Kiir: South Sudan's president in a cowboy hat Go to for more news from the African us on Twitter @BBCAfrica, on Facebook at BBC Africa or on Instagram at bbcafrica
