South Sudan's government asks civilians to leave north as fighting escalates
South Sudan's president Salva Kiir (left) and vice-president Riek Machar (right) shake hands after meetings in Juba, South Sudan, on October 20, 2019, to discuss outstanding issues to the peace deal
SOUTH SUDAN’S government asked civilians to leave a northern area on Monday a day after the military bombed an armed group accused of overrunning a military base and attacking a United Nations helicopter.
The group’s attacks in Nasir County have threatened a peace deal signed in 2018 by President Salva Kiir and his rival-turned-vice-president, Riek Machar, that ended a five-year civil war during which over 400,000 people were killed.
Information Minister Michael Makuei Lueth told journalists that any civilian refusing to leave declared military zones “will be treated accordingly.”
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