The South Sudan Opposition Alliance (SSOA), an umbrella group of ten opposition political parties, has urged the government to intervene immediately to deescalate the ongoing hostilities in the northern oil-producing state of Upper Nile.
On Tuesday, international ceasefire monitors based in the country who are assessing the implementation of the resurrected peace agreement reported “renewed fighting” between the national army and opposition forces in the Maiwut area.
According to the Ceasefire Transitional Security Arrangements Monitoring and Verification Mechanism (CTSAMVM), there has also been renewed fighting in the Fashoda area.
It did not provide details regarding casualties, but said “it was concerned that these incidents might pose a real threat to the implementation of the revitalised peace agreement”.
Local media reported that countless numbers were killed in the Fashoda clashes.
Brig-Gen Samuel Chan Mut, a senior representative of SSOA said, he feared that renewed fighting between the parties that are signatories to the revitalised peace agreement would impose “immense humanitarian challenges” and displacement of civilians.