MSF criticises ‘total and utter failure’ of UN peacekeeping mission to halt systematic atrocities,on the two-year anniversary of the start of clash The UN peacekeeping mission in South Sudan has been accused of a “total and utter failure” to protect civilians in one of the most dangerous and volatile parts of the war-ravaged country.
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) says that although civilians in southern Unity state – an oil-rich area and key battleground in the civil war – have been subjected to murder, rape and abduction for many months, or there has been a “shocking lack of action from the UN Mission in the Republic of South Sudan (Unmiss). Related: South Sudan civil war inquiry details torture and forced cannibalism whether you are a civilian in Leer county,the odds are that you have lost a relative who was killed, abducted or raped Related: South Sudan: 'a level of human suffering I have never seen anywhere else' Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com