South Sudan: Army Barrel Bombs Spark Exodus As South Sudan Peace Deal Crumbles

South Sudan: Army Barrel Bombs Spark Exodus As South Sudan Peace Deal Crumbles

Gambella, Ethiopia and Malakal, South Sudan -- "If things don't improve, I'll leave for Ethiopia and become a refugee there."

Army Barrel Bombs Spark Exodus As South Sudan Peace Deal Crumbles - Global Upfront Newspapers

By Augustine Passilly & Mamer Abraham Civilians escaping government airstrikes and land offensives in South Sudan are taking refuge in makeshift shelters along rivers and crossing into camps in Ethiopia, as analysts warn that a long flawed peace deal has now totally collapsed. The government, led by President Salva Kiir,...

Refugees describe the horror of South Sudan’s renewed war

Since mid-February, the peace deal that ended South Sudan’s brutal civil war in 2018 has been under its greatest threat yet. Fighting has flared again, forcing some 50,000 South Sudanese to flee into neighboring Ethiopia.