Ambush in South Sudan kills peacekeeping troops
His 2018 power-sharing agreement with President Salva Kiir has fallen apart, and South Sudan now finds itself edging toward a full civil war – a situation the deal was struck eight years ago to avoid.“Such deadly violence targeting UNMISS personnel, who are serving to support peace in South Sudan, is unacceptable,” Anita Kiki Gbeho, the head of the mission, said.
Escalating conflictNumerous attacks on humanitarian workers have been recorded this year as the prospect of full-blown civil war rises, but violence against peacekeepers is rare.
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