Months of politically motivated violence in South Sudan has left thousands dead and caused a "man-made... catastrophe," the United Nations Security Council declared today, expressing "profound disappointment" with President Salva Kiir, former Vice-President Riek Machar and other leaders "who have put their personal ambitions ahead of the good of their country and their people."
In a press statement noting that 9 July begins of the fourth year of independence for the world's youngest nation, Council members stressed that political sparring between South Sudan's key leadership has "jeopardized the foundation of this fledgling State," and appealed for an urgent return to a political process that would end the ongoing crisis.
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