JUBA, July 14 (Xinhua) -- The UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) said Friday it plans to re-establish a peacekeeping base in the volatile Yei border town where government soldiers were accused of killing 114 civilians.
The UNMISS spokesman Daniel Dickinson told Xinhua in Juba that the decision follows the Thursday remarks by David Shearer, the UNMISS head, who described the situation as terribly sad on visiting the town located 150 km southwest of the capital.
"The Head of UNMISS David Shearer visited Yei on Thursday on a mission to assess the need for a base in the area which is continuing to experience violence and human rights abuses, including murder, rape, torture and looting," said Dickinson.
Shearer earlier described the situation in Yei as "terribly sad" given it remains the war-torn country's bread basket whose potential has been badly affected by the renewed violence in July 2016 spreading to the once peaceful Equatoria region, hence forcing 70 perc自動分料機推薦ent of the population to flee into Uganda and DR Congo.
"This was a highly prosperous town with well-educated and hardworking people. It's incredibly fertile land too. You have everything that you would want here and yet it has been destroyed by war," Shearer said.
Yei is the town where the UN Secretary General's Advisor on Prevention of Genocide, Adama Dieng, visited last November and warned of potential of ethnic hatred and killings morphing into genocide.
The UNMISS head said they will support bringing back Yei to its former position, but on condition the UN is provided unlimited access into the surrounding countryside and also to be able to talk to the opposition as well as the government.
Shearer added there were conditions that needed to be met before a base could be established including the cooperation of local authorities, a genuinely inclusive grassroots peace process and guaranteed access for peacekeepers to enable regular patrols to outlying areas.
He added political leaders, religious and community groups are urging the UN to provide protection for civilians who are unable to travel beyond the town itself because of ambushes and ongoing violence.
South Sudan descended into violence in December 2013半自動充填機 after political dispute between President Kiir and his former deputy Machar led to fighting that pitted mostly Dinka ethnic soldiers loyal to Kiir against Machar's Nuer ethnic group.
The 2015 peace agreement to end the violence was again violated in July 2016 when the rival factions resumed fighting in the capital forcing the rebel leader Machar to flee into exile.
The conflict has killed tens of thousands and displaced millions into refugee camps in neighbouring countries like Uganda.
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