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US, Japan evacuate personnel from South Sudan
PUBLISHED : 11 JUL 2016 AT 14:40
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South Sudanese policemen and soldiers stand guard along a street following renewed fighting in South Sudan's capital Juba on Sunday. (Reuters photo)
JUBA, SOUTH SUDAN - The US government ordered the evacuation of
non-essential personnel from South Sudan’s capital and demanded an
immediate end to fighting, after three days of clashes left hundreds of
people dead.
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Heavy fighting erupted in Juba on Sunday, three days after a shootout in
the the city between forces loyal to President Salva Kiir and Vice
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President Riek Machar, the former rebel leader. Army spokesman Lul
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Ruai Koang said the country “has gone back to war,” less than three
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months after the opposing sides agreed to form a transitional government
to end more than two years of conflict.
“The US strongly condemns the latest outbreak of fighting in Juba,” State
Department spokesman John Kirby said in a statement. “We again call on
both leaders and their political allies and commanders to immediately
restrain their forces from further fighting, return them to barracks, and
prevent additional violence and bloodshed.”
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Kyodo also reported from Tokyo on Monday the Japanese government is
planning to evacuate Japan International Cooperation Agency (Jica) aid
workers from South Sudan amid an escalation of conflict in the East
African country.
Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga told a press conference
preparations are underway to evacuate 47 people working in the field of
economic assistance with Jica after the agency decided Sunday they
should be pulled out.
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"The government is pursuing every possible way to rapidly and safely
evacuate (aid workers) and other Japanese nationals, including transport
by other countries' militaries," Mr Suga said.
As part of that effort, the government will make necessary preparations to
deploy a C-130 transport plane and land transport equipment from the
Self-Defence Forces to Djibouti, east of South Sudan, he said. The
government will also dispatch a chartered plane for transportation of the
workers.
The Japanese embassy has confirmed the safety of all 70 Japanese
nationals registered in the capital Juba after gun battles broke out
between military and opposition forces on July 7, Mr Suga said.
The embassy was also in touch with SDF personnel deployed in
peacekeeping activities under the United Nations mission in South Sudan
and confirmed all personnel were safe.
Suga did not say whether the SDF personnel will also be evacuated,
saying the government will pay close attention to the situation. He added
that the government's position is that conditions on the ground do not
currently meet the definition of war under Japan's law relating to
peacekeeping operations.
Awareness of the dangers faced by Jica workers overseas has been
heightened after seven were killed and one injured in a terrorist attack in
the Bangladesh capital Dhaka earlier this month.
South Sudan has been ruled by a transitional government since April,
after Mr Kiir and Mr Machar agreed to work together to end a civil war
that has killed tens of thousands of people since it started in December
2013. The conflict forced more than 2 million people to flee their homes
and cut oil production by almost two-thirds to as little as 120,000 barrels
per day. The country has sub-Saharan Africa’s third-biggest crude
reserves.
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Forces loyal to Kiir and Machar clashed in Juba on the night of July 7,
leaving at least five people dead. The following day, fighting at the
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president’s residence killed at least 115 people, a spokesman for Machar’s
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militia, William Gatjiath Deng, said by phone. On Sunday, heavy gunfire
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erupted in the west of the city, while government helicopters were seen
attacking opposition bases.
United Nations secretary general Ban Ki-moon said he was “shocked and
appalled” by the fighting.
“This senseless violence is unacceptable and has the potential of reversing
the progress made so far in the peace process,” he said in a statement. Mr
Kirby said the US has asked for an emergency session of the UN Security
Council to address the situation.
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