UN Condemns Attack on South Sudan Base as ‘War Crime’ April 18, 2014 (JUBA) — U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said Thursday that an attack on a United Nations compound in South Sudan, where nearly 5,000 South Sudanese have been sheltering since the country plunged into violence in December, was a war crime. “Any attack…
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U.S. Condemns Attacks in South Sudan
Press Statement Marie Harf Deputy Department Spokesperson, Office of the Spokesperson Washington, DC April 17, 2014 April 17, 2014(Washington, DC) — The United States strongly condemns the attack on the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) compound in Bor today by armed individuals that resulted in dozens of civilian casualties. We reiterate our call upon the Government…
South Sudan conflict: Attack on UN base ‘kills dozens’
“We’ve got clear rules of engagement and we will use force if at all necessary to protect people whose sole purpose for being inside our base is to stay alive.” Toby LanzerUN assistant secretary general in South Sudan BBC Report. April 17, 2014(Nyamilepedia) — Dozens of civilians sheltering in a UN base in the South Sudan…
