South Sudan: U.N Peacekeepers Overwhelmed

11 January 2014

As the death toll rises from South Sudan's spiralling political and ethnic conflict, the ability of the U.N. to enforce its peacekeeping mandate in the country is coming under increased scrutiny.

On Thursday, U.N. under-secretary general for peacekeeping Hervé Ladsous told reporters the toll well exceeded 1,000 and reiterated that "the situation in terms of violations of human rights remains terribly critical." The next day, the International Crisis Group released its own estimates that put the figure at up to 10,000.

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