Miles de civiles en Sudán del Sur huyen de ciudad tomada por la oposición tras orden de evacuación – Chicago Tribune

By FLORENCE MIETTAUX and DENG MACHOL

YUBA, Southwest (AP) — Kilometers of civilians were controlled by a South-South town by the opposition during an evacuation order issued by the ejército to go down the path to a military operation, informing the country’s officials.

The event in Akobo, near the border with Ethiopia, happened Saturday night.

“The city is now free. Women, children and elders went there and were met in Ethiopia,” said Nhial Lew, a local humanitarian affairs official.

Once at the government square to evacuate, you have to come late on Monday, since Saturday there have been reports of fighting west of Akobo.

“We listen to the sound of metals being felt,” Lew said Sunday night. The national army, called the South-South People’s Defense Forces, commanded the United Nations Mission in South Sudan, UNMISS, which has its base in Akobo.

Government and civilian organizations must evacuate “to avoid unnecessary collateral damage” as the government prepares military support against “Akobo and the circular areas”, said a statement from the Lul Ruai Koang military port.

Akobo is one of the last bastions of the Southern People’s Liberation Movement-In Opposition, led by Riek Machar, vice-president of the detained South.

A 2018 peace deal between Machar and President Salva Kiir has been disrupted since last year renewed fighting between your forces.

Riots have increased drastically in the northern part of Jonglei since December, as opposition forces capture government forward points. He was rebuffed by a counter-offensive governor who killed more than 280,000 people in a matter of weeks.

The town of Akobo, located in South Sudan’s far east and under the control of the civil war opposition established in 2013, was considered a relatively safe haven. The presence of a small contingent of UN peacekeepers has reached more than 82,000 places in a research shelter in Akobo and its others.

UNMISS has not officially responded to the government’s order to close its base.

Two UN views evacuate the country to the majority of aid workers. The International Committee of the Red Cross operates a surgical unit in Akobo County Hospital, where it cares for several men. The ICRC was unable to evacuate its staff.

But the fever came from Akobo who is worried by local health authorities.

“We are concerned about our patients in the hospital,” said Dual Diew, health director of the Akobo condado. “We intend to make a plan to transport them to a safer place, but we don’t have enough fuel.”

On Saturday, Akobo civilians demonstrated against the expulsion ultimatum and marched towards the UN base to ensure peace and protection.

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This story was translated into English by an AP editor with the help of a generative artificial intelligence tool.