Civilians Seek Protection after Fighting in the Capital City of Juba Photo: United Nations
Village Earth Global Affiliate, Forum for Community Change and Development (FOFCOD) in South Sudan, is carefully monitoring the situation in their country due factional violence that erupted this week after President Salva Kiir, accused his former vice president of attempting a military coup.
“We are in panic, We are planning to see how to evacuate some of our staff to neighboring countries Uganda until the situation comes to normal.”
According to FOFCOD “the situation in Juba remains calm. Government security forces are in control. The town of Bor in Jonglei is no longer under the control of government security forces. Rather, it is controlled by troops who have apparently defected from and attacked the SPLA. Many persons have fled to the safety of the United Nations Mission in the Republic of South Sudan (UNMISS) compound. There is now a single, as yet unconfirmed, report of an attack on the compound. There
has been fighting in Akobo, north-east of Bor, again apparently between factions of the SPLA. Many persons fled to the UNMISS compound for safety but it is now confirmed that the defecting troops have breached the UN site and there are reports of a fatality. There are reports of shooting, assumed to be fighting, to both the north and the south of Bentiu, in Unity State. No further details are available at this time. We are in panic, We are planning to see how to evacuate some of our staff to neighboring countries Uganda until the situation comes to normal.”
Joining in 2013, FOFCOD is one of Village Earth’s newest Global Affiliates. The current conflict in South Sudan is a clear illustration of the urgency of their efforts to contribute to the national development through programs of Human rights, democracy, conflict resolution, health, education, livelihoods and food security, entrepreneurship, peace and justice in South Sudan.
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