‘South Sudan on the Brink of Relapsing to War’-UNMISS’ Haysom

The Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of UNMISS, Nicholas Haysom, on Tuesday, said the gains made since signing the 2018 revitalized peace agreement might be obliterated as South Sudan is tethering on the precipice of degenerating back to war. He made the remarks while addressing the African Union Peace and Security Council Meeting on South Sudan…“After the takeover of the Nasir barracks in Upper Nile by the White Army on the 4 March, tensions throughout the country have been extremely high. A number of senior SPLA/IO military and civilian officials have been arrested in Juba, while some have gone into hiding or fled the country…Meanwhile, airstrikes on Nasir have inflicted civilian casualties.” Haysom added: “With the proliferation of mis/disinformation in the public domain, hate speech is now rampant, raising concerns that the conflict could assume an ethnic dimension.”… He also welcomed and commended the IGAD Extraordinary Summit on 12 March which called for the de-escalation of tensions in South Sudan. (Radio Tamazuj)