This Week in South Sudan - Week 15

Sunday 6 April

• A Nuer community meeting in Juba claimed that 17,613 Nuers have been killed since the outbreak of violence 15 December 2013.

Monday 7 April

• IGAD announced that the seven former detainees who have formed the group, the ‘SPLM7’ will be excluded from the peace talks.
• South Sudan Security Service announced that they are recruiting new officers.

Tuesday 8 April

• Salva Kiir visited Uganda.
• The warring parties in South Sudan stated that they are not concerned by the US threat to implement sanctions against South Sudan.
• Oyai Deng Ajak denied in court, the accusations claiming he was involved in the alleged coup attempt against Riik Machar in December.

Wednesday 9 April

• Medicins Sans Frontiers criticised the UN for degrading conditions in the UN camps.
• Authorities in Eastern Equatoria denied accusations of loyalty to the SPLM/A-in-Opposition.

Thursday 10 April

• The UN denies accusations of indifference.
• John Kerry encouraged South Sudanese leaders to prioritise the South Sudanese people’s concerns above ethnic and personal interests.
• The former political detainees request interim leadership.
• The SPLM/A-in-Opposition expressed that they consider creating a national structure in the areas they control.
• SPLA claimed their withdrawal from Manyo County (Upper Nile) was not a result of defeat, but a tactical decision.

Friday 11 April

• The UN warned of a nutrition crisis in South Sudan predicting that 50,000 children under the age of five may die of malnutrition by the end of the year.
• Aerial bombing reported near Yida.
• SPLA/M-in-Opposition accused Egypt of supplying the Sudanese government with weapons.