Risk of Atrocities Looms in South Sudan Amidst Renewed Civil War

By Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image A South Sudanese soldier monitors the area as troops belonging to the South Sudanese Unified Forces take part in a deployment ceremony at the Luri Military Training Centre in Juba on November 15, 2023. © 2023 Peter Louis Gume/AFP via Getty Images On January 25, South Sudan’s military called on civilians, aid workers, and United Nations personnel to evacuate from opposition-controlled areas in Jonglei state. Key army officials and allied forces have ramped up incendiary rhetoric amid ethnic based mobilization by all sides, elevating the risks of new atrocities. The…

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