Referring to the recent quarterly report From the secretary general on the challenges to which the youngest nation in the world has faced, Ms. Pobee stressed that since March, previous gains in the peace process have been largely eroded.
The military offensives, mainly involving the rival militia of South Sudan who responds to the first vice-president and government troops loyal to the president, continued and confidence in 2018 Revitalized peace agreement Between the two were undermined.
Murithi Mutiga, another Brief from the International Crisis group, explained that the 2018 agreement required that President Salva Kiir is working with her rival, the first vice-president Riek Machar; Thus, the agreement was actually terminated when President Kiir placed the former vice-president in house arrest on March 26.
Humanitarian crisis
Ms. Pobee stressed that the recent military offensives have resulted in the death, displacement and destruction of civil infrastructure.
In addition, the travel crisis is a double -meaning street, Mr. Murtiga explained: the devastating civil war in neighboring Sudan has led 1.2 million refugees in South SudanConstruct the already limited resources.
The conflict in Sudan also disrupted oil flows to Sudan from the military government and the wider market, which means that South Sudan lost most of its precious oil income.
Mr. Murtiga also stressed that this is one of the worst humanitarian crises of South Sudan since independence in 2011, with 9.3 million needs disastrous help and 7.7 million Suffering from food insecurity, including 83,000 at risk of catastrophic conditions, while being brutal of sexual violence.
And the financing cuts leave millions without rescue assistance, said Pobee. In the middle of 2025, the Humanitarian needs and response plan is only funded at 28.5%.
In addition, humanitarian access challenges increase with increased cases of humanitarian workers, as mediocre infrastructure and administrative obstacles are hindering rescue efforts.
Call to act
The UN, the African Union, the regional intergovernmental development organization, IGAD, and many others in the international community, have repeatedly called upon a cessation of hostilities and a return to dialogue without any concrete response of the parties at war.
Martha AMA AKYAA POBEE, general assistant secretary for Africa in the departments of political affairs and peace and peace operations, is aimed at the meeting of the Security Council in Sudan and South Sudan.
“” While government representatives have publicly expressed their commitment to the elections by December 2026, the parties must take measures to return to dialogue and make the necessary decisions to advance the country. Declarations of engagement are not enough, ”said Pobee.
She urged the Security advice To call on all actors and stakeholders to maintain the peace agreement. If they do not set the basics of peaceful and credible elections in December 2026, the risk of relapse in violence will increase considerably in a context of increasing regional instability.
It is the shared responsibility of the international community to work with the South Sudanese parties to avoid such failure, she said. “The inhabitants of South Sudan are counting on us.”
Originally published at Almouwatin.com
