UN warns of « humanitarian nightmare » in South Sudan – Diepresse.com
130,000 people have been sold since March, almost 200 people came through
Fighting for life – around 900 people died due to cholera.
Against the background of the escalating battles in South Sudan, the UN warned of a humanitarian catastrophe in the African country. « If the political crisis is not averted, the humanitarian nightmare will come true very quickly, » said Edem Wosornu from the UN office for humanitarian matters (OCHA) on Wednesday. National and international actors would have to act quickly, coordinated and decisively.
The head of the UN mission in South Sudan, Nicholas Haysom, also warned of a nationwide outbreak of fighting. « All of our efforts are now concentrating on the avert a relapse into a extensive conflict, » he said. In the young country, the supporters of President Salva Kiir and the supporters of the Vice President Riek Machar, who was arrested at the end of March, face each other.
900 dead due to cholera
According to the OCHA, around 130,000 people have been sold since March due to the rapid escalation of the fights. The outbursts of violence in several regions, especially in the northeast of the East African country, were killed. In addition, the deteriorated security situation favors the spread of cholera, which has so far fallen victim to 900 people.
The conflict, which was flared up again in South Sudan, endangers a peace agreement closed in 2018 that had ended a five -year civil war. Around 400,000 people had been killed in the course. The South Sudan split off from Sudan in 2011 and, despite great oil deposits, is considered one of the poorest countries in the world. (APA/AFP)
