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US orders its non-emergency personnel to leave South Sudan

The United States ordered the immediate departure of non-emergency personnel from South Sudan due to rising crime and armed conflict, according to the State Department.
The travel advisory level for South Sudan remains at Level 4, indicating severe risk, as per the Department of State.
Ongoing violence threatens the implementation of the peace agreement signed by leaders in 2018, as more than 400,000 people were killed in the earlier civil war.
Yasmin Sooka, chairperson of the U.N. Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan, warned that recent violence could derail the peace agreement and urged leaders to focus on the peace process.

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BBC News

South Sudan tensions: US orders non-emergency staff to leave

Tensions between South Sudan's rivals threaten a fragile peace deal that ended a five-year civil war.

10 hours ago·United Kingdom

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Africa News

Growing tension in South Sudan as cracks emerge in ruling coalition

As fears grow of a renewed full-blown civil war, the United States on Sunday ordered all its non-emergency staff to leave the country.

13 hours ago·Pointe-Noire, Congo

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thepatriotlight.com

ThePatriotLight - US Orders Its Non-Emergency Personnel to Leave South Sudan

ThePatriotLight - WASHINGTON—The United States has ordered its non-emergency government personnel in South Sudan to leave the country because of security concerns, the State Department said on Sunday.“Armed conflict is ongoing and includes fighting between various political and ethnic groups. Weapons are readily available to the population,” the State Department said.The United Nations rights agency said on Saturday that increased violence and p…

15 hours ago

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The Hindu

U.S. pulls non-emergency staff from South Sudan after clashes

A fragile power-sharing agreement between President Salva Kiir and First Vice President Riek Machar has been threatened by recent clashes between their allied forces in the northeastern Upper Nile State

1 day ago·India

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CTV News

U.S. orders nonemergency government staff to leave South Sudan as tension grows over fighting

The U.S. State Department on Sunday ordered nonemergency government personnel to leave South Sudan’s capital as tension escalates because of fighting in the north.

1 day ago·Canada

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US orders nonemergency government staff to leave South Sudan as tension grows over fighting

The U.S. State Department has ordered nonemergency government personnel to leave South Sudan’s capital as tension escalates because of fighting in the north.

1 day ago·United States

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