South Sudan: Violence in South Sudan Engulfs Country, 10 Years After Independence 'Children All Have Guns'

19 February 2021

Extreme violence and attacks involving thousands of fighters at a time have engulfed more than three-quarters of South Sudan, UN human Rights Council-appointed investigators said on Friday, warning that the bloodshed faced by civilians are "the worst recorded" since the country's civil war began in December 2013.

Highlighting a continuing lack of local and national infrastructure almost a year since the formation of the Revitalized Transitional Government of National Unity in South Sudan, Yasmin Sooka, Chairperson of the Commission on Human Rights in the country noted that although the signing of the Revitalized Peace Agreement two years ago had "led to a reduction in hostilities at the national level", the country seen "a massive escalation in violence" locally.

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