The European Union Delegation to South Sudan on Monday expressed deep concern over the ongoing violence in Yei River and Amadi States.
“The impact of the ongoing violence on the lives of civilians is grave and unacceptable. Lives are being lost and livelihoods destroyed,” the EU delegation said in a statement.
The statement condemned violations of the Cessation of Hostilities Agreement and the Revitalised Agreement on the Resolution of Conflict in South Sudan which have taken place, as reported by the ceasefire monitoring body CTSAMVM.
It pointed out that humanitarian access is being blocked for vulnerable people. “UNHCR estimates that 5,000 civilians have been forcibly displaced by the violence to the Democratic Republic of the Congo and an additional 6,000 internally displaced persons have been registered by the government in Yei town,” party reads the statement.
The EU Delegation called on all the parties to cease hostilities and military preparations immediately, to step up efforts to come to a political solution and to take all possible action to ensure the safety of civilians, their freedom of movement, and to ensure unhindered access to humanitarian actors, UNMISS and CTSAMVM.
“All parties should implement the Revitalised Agreement on the Resolution of Conflict in South Sudan in a timely manner and in good faith,” the statement said.