US EditionPublished • loading... • Updated
UN report says Ugandan troops helped South Sudan with deadly airstrikes
A U.N. inquiry found Uganda supported South Sudan in airstrikes using incendiary devices that killed civilians, notably in Nuer opposition areas, with evidence from military posts and flight data.
- Last year, a U.N. inquiry found Uganda helped South Sudan carry out airstrikes that killed and badly burned civilians, the U.N. Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan reported.
- Ugandan troops are deployed in South Sudan to help the government of President Salva Kiir at his invitation under a bilateral security agreement, entering in March 2025 with tanks and armored vehicles.
- During one March 2025 attack in Wunaliet, planes dropped barrels of liquid that ignited, and flight-tracking data showed a turboprop plane operated by the Ugandan army had arrived from Uganda that day.
- In November, Uganda denied participating in combat operations while Amnesty International last year said Uganda violated the 2018 U.N. arms embargo, a finding an U.N. panel of experts echoed.
- The government has relied on aerial attacks, and ongoing fighting and strikes threaten the 2018 peace deal, shortly after a militia overran a garrison near the Ethiopian border.
Insights by Ground AI
12 Articles
12 Articles
Gov’t rejects UN human rights report, calls findings biased
The Minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs, Michael Makuei Lueth, has strongly rejected a recent report on South Sudan issued by the United Nations Human Rights Council, saying the findings were biased and lacked balance. The Minister made the remarks last week during the presentation of the report to the United Nations Human Rights Council
·South Sudan
Read Full ArticleCoverage Details
Total News Sources12
Leaning Left7Leaning Right1Center3Last UpdatedBias Distribution64% Left
Bias Distribution
- 64% of the sources lean Left
64% Left
L 64%
C 27%
Factuality
To view factuality data please Upgrade to Premium
