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May 02 2020: NAS press release on the all-out military offensive and displacement of civilians from their villages. Includes

How SSPDF cancelled all road movement by the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) and all NGOs to provide cover for the offensive and to deny UNMISS as well as NGOs access to areas and evidence of the humanitarian catastrophe in the making and the atrocities of the SSPDF- SPLA IO on civilians.
The recruitment and use a local militia known as “Enough Militia” belonging to Minister of Cabinet Affairs Dr Elia Lomoro
Evidence of Kiir lack of political will to negotiate a political settlement to end the conflict in South Sudan

The leadership of the National Salvation Front (NAS) informs its members, supporters, the people of South Sudan and members of the International Community about the start of fresh joint military attacks on NAS positions by Kiir’s Sudan People’s Defence Force (SSPDF) and Machar’s Sudan People’s Liberation Army in Opposition (SPLA-IO) in Central Equatoria.

The South Sudan Opposition Movements Alliance (SSOMA) has commended statements by the Community of Sant’Egidio, the European Union (EU) and the United Nations Security Council Penal of Experts on South Sudan denouncing the continuing blatant violation of the Cessation of Hostility Agreement (CoHA) 2017 and the concerted offensive targetting civilians by the Kiir’s regime.