Africa’s newest nation, South Sudan which seceded from Sudan in July
of 2011, is on the brink of a civil war as deadly fighting continues
between opposition leader Riek Machar, a Nuer and South Sudanese
President Salva Kiir, a Dinka. Three Indian UN peackeepers were killed
in latest fighting purportedly by the rebels. These deaths add to
hundreds of South Sudanese who have died as fighting continues after a
failed coup attempt in the Southern nation.
The UN base attacked was evacuated of its remaining staff who were
moved to safety; however several dozen Dinka ethnic group civilians who
were taking refuge in the UN base are unaccounted for.
The Sudanese army lost Bor, the capital of Jonglei state, to former
Vice President Riek Machar’s military faction. The political situation
in South Sudan became extremely tense after President Kiir sacked Machar, of the Nuer ethnic group, as Vice President in July, along with his entire cabinet.
There has been militarization and ethnic wars between the Nuer and the Dinka since Sudan Liberation Army split in 1991.
S. Sudan’s neighbors are worried as the war continues to spiral out of control.
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