The United States is preparing a new UN sanctions list for South Sudan after a ceasefire failed to take hold under a new peace accord aimed at ending the 20-month war.
Anonymous diplomats said that the US Ambassador Samantha Power had told the Security Council during a closed door session that two or more individuals could be hit by UN sanctions due to their role in continued fighting.
A peace agreement signed by President Salva Kiir and rebel leader Reik Machar was meant to have set up a ceasefire last weekend.
In a meeting of the 15 member security council on Thursday, the Russian Ambassador told press that “an arms embargo and additional targeted sanctions” had been considered in the event of a breach of the ceasefire, reports Agence France Presse.
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