NAS warns of forced mass civilian displacement as SSPDF sets to clear villages for illegal mining
Several mineral-rich areas in Morobo County, Central Equatoria State (CES), are set to be forcefully depopulated in an imminent...
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NAS condemns the escalation of violence against civilians in Maban County, Upper Nile State
The leadership of the National Salvation Front (NAS) on Tuesday condemned the violence against unarmed civilians in Maban County, Upper Nile State urging all the armed groups involved to cease targetting civilians and to allow humanitarian access to the areas affected.
NAS pledges to prevent and respond to sexual-related violence, urges donors for support
The Chairman of the National Salvation Front (NAS) Gen Thomas Cirillo has reached out to the donor community and NGOs to support NAS in promoting and protecting the rights of the citizens particularly in its program to adequately prevent and respond to sexual-related violence.
15 civilians executed as SSPDF and SPLA-IO continue to commit atrocities
On the run from tyranny inflicted on them by the joint forces of Kiir’s SSPDF and Machar’s SPLA-IO in Central Equatoria, civilians continue to find themselves targets of systematic killings, looting, burning of huts, physical harassment and torture.
“On 31st May 2020, the SPLA IO force under the joint command of Maj. Gen. John Mabiah and Maj. Gen. Moses Lokujo carried out summary execution of fifteen (15) innocent civilians in the villages of Loguni, Panyume Payam, Morobo County in Central Equatoria State,” read a press statement issued today by the spokesman of the National Salvation Front (NAS) Mr Suba Samuel.
CSOs call on SSPDF to end endemic sexual violence against women in South Sudan
A group of over 30 Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) have written to the Chief of Defense Forces decrying the recent rise in (and continuation of) sexual violence against women and are calling for an end to the practice, an immediate investigation and punishment of those responsible.
NAS Against Sexual Violence
National Salvation Front has issued a nine-point directive to all its military units and members in which chairman and commander-in-chief Gen. Thomas Cirillo Swaka reiterated a zero-tolerance to sexual violence.
UN Report: Kiir, Machar lead in rape score
[NAS Editorial] Armed elements loyal to President Salva Kiir and his former deputy Dr Riek Machar are leading in cases...
