SOUTH SUDAN: At Least 4 Civilians Killed As Fighting Intensifies in South Sudan Oil Region
Four civilians including a woman and a child were killed when artillery struck a UN Mission base in Melut, Upper Nile State. The UN ha...
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Four civilians including a woman and a child were killed when artillery struck a UN Mission base in Melut, Upper Nile State.
The UN has said that four civilians were killed during fighting between South Sudanese rebels and soldiers. The deaths come during a particular spike in civil war violence in South Sudan.
Four civilians, including a woman and a child, were killed when mortar fire struck a UN compound in South Sudan, the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) said on Wednesday. The mortar bombs came during fighting between South Sudanese troops and rebels who are fighting over oil production territory in the Upper Nile state in South Sudan.
The blast occurred late on Tuesday in the town of Melut at a UNMISS base where over 1,000 people had taken shelter.
"I want to remind the parties of their obligation to take all measures not to harm civilians and guarantee the safety of international aid organizations and United Nations personnel and assets" said Ellen Margrethe Loj, the head of the UN mission in South Sudan.
Fighting in Upper Nile and also the neighboring Unity state has intensified of late as the rebels seek to wrest control of the oil production zones from the government of South Sudan. The area's Paloch oil fields are among the last still functioning in South Sudan, which depends on oil as a valuable part of its economy.
The UN has said that four civilians were killed during fighting between South Sudanese rebels and soldiers. The deaths come during a particular spike in civil war violence in South Sudan.
Four civilians, including a woman and a child, were killed when mortar fire struck a UN compound in South Sudan, the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) said on Wednesday. The mortar bombs came during fighting between South Sudanese troops and rebels who are fighting over oil production territory in the Upper Nile state in South Sudan.
The blast occurred late on Tuesday in the town of Melut at a UNMISS base where over 1,000 people had taken shelter.
"I want to remind the parties of their obligation to take all measures not to harm civilians and guarantee the safety of international aid organizations and United Nations personnel and assets" said Ellen Margrethe Loj, the head of the UN mission in South Sudan.
Fighting in Upper Nile and also the neighboring Unity state has intensified of late as the rebels seek to wrest control of the oil production zones from the government of South Sudan. The area's Paloch oil fields are among the last still functioning in South Sudan, which depends on oil as a valuable part of its economy.
