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UN Peacekeepers Defy South Sudan Military’s Order to Leave Opposition-Held Town
UN peacekeepers remain in opposition-held Akobo to protect tens of thousands of civilians despite government evacuation orders before a planned military assault.
- On Monday, the United Nations Mission in South Sudan said it will not comply with the South Sudanese army's Friday order to vacate its Akobo base, pledging a protective presence while engaging stakeholders.
- After the 2018 peace deal collapsed about a year ago, a December 2025 escalation in northern Jonglei displaced over 280,000 people amid renewed fighting.
- Doctors Without Borders said it evacuated staff on Saturday and later found its Akobo hospital looted, while Dual Diew reported 84 wounded patients lacking medicine and local officials warned of supply shortages.
- The U.S., U.K. and Norway sent a Monday letter urging the revocation of the evacuation order and warned of 'further deaths, displacement and suffering' .
- A small contingent of U.N. peacekeepers remains in Akobo as humanitarian workers were evacuated over the weekend and a mass exodus of the population has begun.
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UN peacekeepers defy South Sudan military's order to leave opposition-held town
The United Nations Mission in South Sudan says it will not comply with a government order to shut down its base in Akobo, an opposition stronghold near the Ethiopian border where tens of thousands of refugees have fled.
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US, UK, Norway urge Kiir to revoke order expelling un, aid agencies from Akobo
The embassies of Norway, the United Kingdom, and the United States have called on President Salva Kiir to revoke an order by the South Sudan People’s Defence Forces directing the UN mission, aid agencies, and civilians to leave Akobo County within three days. The western missions made the call in a letter addressed to President Kiir. The letter was signed by the ambassadors of the Kingdom of Norway and the United Kingdom, and the Chargé d’Affair…
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