The Status Quo Will Not Work in South Sudan

Around 60,000 people have fled South Sudan in just a few weeks – since renewed violence broke out in the capital Juba on July 7 and 8 – the United Nations refugee agency reported on Tuesday. The agency said this brings the number of South Sudanese refugees in neighboring countries to almost 900,000, since the civil war began in December 2013.

More fighting around Juba this past weekend between security forces loyal to President Salva Kiir and those loyal to former Vice President Riek Machar left at least nine people dead, said a spokesman for Machar.

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