In July, two South Sudanese aid workers and four civilians were killed in Duk county, Jonglei state, by an unknown armed group. In July, army and National Security Service (NSS) officers blocked an UNMISS force that was mobilized to rescue two aid workers ambushed by unknown gunmen in the outskirts of Wau, Western Bar el Ghazal. In June, armed youth from Jonglei declared a no-fly zone over the Greater Pibor Administrative Area (GPAA) threatening to shoot down a United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) aircraft. In June, security forces killed four civilians during a land dispute and one other person while responding to peaceful protests in Sherikat neighborhood in Juba.įollowing a dispute over a government disarmament operation in August, at least 127 people including 82 civilians were killed and thousands more displaced in clashes between soldiers and armed civilians in Tonj town, Warrap state.Īrmed groups attacked UN and humanitarian actors and restricted their movement. In August, fighting spread to Lobonok, Mundri, Wonduruba and parts of Eastern Equatoria with similar abuses. Armed forces killed, tortured, abducted, and sexually abused civilians. In April and May, sporadic fighting between government army, joined by the SPLM/A-IO, and the NAS and allied groups displaced more than 19,000 people in Yei, Lainya and surrounding areas. Schools were closed for six months due to Covid-19, forcing 2.2 million children out of school. Health care facilities were poorly staffed and ill-equipped, Covid-19 testing and access to information was inadequate. While enforcing curfews and other restrictions, security forces beat, arrested, and detained civilians. The Covid-19 pandemic slowed implementation of the peace deal and the delivery of aid to populations in need. Inter-communal fighting, cattle raiding, and revenge attacks between armed youth groups in Central Equatoria, Jonglei, the Greater Pibor Administrative Area (GPAA), Lakes, Unity, Western Bahr el-Ghazal and Warrap states resulted in hundreds of deaths and injuries, displaced hundreds of thousands, and led to the suspension of humanitarian services in some areas.Īuthorities continued to arbitrarily detain critics, including members of civil society and journalists, often holding them for extended periods without charge or trial. Eight leaders and commanders representing both government forces and rebel groups are subject to United Nations individual sanctions for war crimes and other roles they played in the conflict. Leaders from all parties to the conflict failed to prevent abuses by their forces or hold perpetrators to account, with few exceptions. The army, as well as armed groups SPLM/A-IO and National Salvation Front (NAS) recruited and used children. Peace talks restarted in October.Īll armed groups committed abuses against civilians including unlawful killings, abductions, and sexual violence. This ceasefire broke down in April, when fighting resumed in Yei, Lobonok, Mundri, Maridi, and other parts of the Equatoria region. The government, the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement/Army in Opposition (SPLA/IO), the National Democratic Front and non-signatory groups to the 2018 peace deal, recommitted to a ceasefire in January 2020. The requirement that at least 35 percent at all levels of governance should be women was also ignored. The parties did not implement major provisions of the peace deal including security arrangements or establishing accountability mechanisms. In February 2020, the parties to the 2018 peace deal formed a transitional government of national unity led by President Salva Kiir, with Riek Machar as first vice president, and four other vice presidents from opposition groups. The year 2020 was marked by conflict, security forces’ violations, entrenched impunity, and a lack of respect for rule of law, all of which were enhanced by the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.
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