The conditions faced by over 40,000 people sheltering in a UN camp in South Sudan are in humane warned Medecins sans Frontieres (MSF).
“People are living in conditions that are barely compatible with life and are incompatible with human dignity. What we have now is a 1.5 sq km camp in the middle of the largest grass swamp in the world, so it’s not a place you would chose. It’s not fit for human habitation – at least not for 40,000 people,” the Guardian quotes an emergency coordinator for MSF as saying.
China presses South Sudan for immediate ceasefire
China’s foreign minister demanded an immediate ceasefire and political dialogue in South Sudan, reports Reuters.
“An immediate ceasefire is a precondition for a return to peace and stability in South Sudan,” said the Chinese Foreign minister in a meeting with his South Sudanese counterpart.
“Opening a political dialogue is the only way for South Sudan to achieve national reconciliation,” said Wang Yi.
Child Soldiers used by both Sides in South Sudan
South Sudan’s army has used child soldiers during recent conflict with opposition forces and is in violation of international law, said Human Rights Watch today.
“South Sudan’s army has returned to a terrible practice, once again throwing children into the battlefields. Civilian and military leaders should immediately remove all children from their ranks and return them to their families,” said the Africa director at Human Rights Watch.
The statement said that government forces had used child soldiers during recent fighting in August.
“People are living in conditions that are barely compatible with life and are incompatible with human dignity. What we have now is a 1.5 sq km camp in the middle of the largest grass swamp in the world, so it’s not a place you would chose. It’s not fit for human habitation – at least not for 40,000 people,” the Guardian quotes an emergency coordinator for MSF as saying.
China presses South Sudan for immediate ceasefire
China’s foreign minister demanded an immediate ceasefire and political dialogue in South Sudan, reports Reuters.
“An immediate ceasefire is a precondition for a return to peace and stability in South Sudan,” said the Chinese Foreign minister in a meeting with his South Sudanese counterpart.
“Opening a political dialogue is the only way for South Sudan to achieve national reconciliation,” said Wang Yi.
Child Soldiers used by both Sides in South Sudan
South Sudan’s army has used child soldiers during recent conflict with opposition forces and is in violation of international law, said Human Rights Watch today.
“South Sudan’s army has returned to a terrible practice, once again throwing children into the battlefields. Civilian and military leaders should immediately remove all children from their ranks and return them to their families,” said the Africa director at Human Rights Watch.
The statement said that government forces had used child soldiers during recent fighting in August.