60.5% of South Sudan’s population is Christian, with over 60 different major ethnic groups. South Sudan split from the predominantly Islamic north in 2011 and was expected to prosper as the split meant it inherited most of Sudan's oil wealth. But civil war has robbed the nation, killed thousands, and left tens of thousands in need of humanitarian aid. Now a report by UN human rights investigators says that over 40 South Sudanese officials, including military generals and state governors, may be guilty of crimes against humanity, (rape, murder of civilians, and conscripting child soldiers). The report says, ‘Children have been recruited and forced to kill civilians. In many cases they have watched loved ones raped or killed. The scale of the hunger and destruction inflicted on the country by its political and military leaders defies description.’
South Sudan: UN report - war crimes
Written by David Fletcher 02 Mar 2018Additional Info
- Pray: for the evidence in 60,000 documents now with the UN to bring the justice which leads to action that establishes peace in the region. (Malachi 4:1)
- More: www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/02/south-sudan-officials-guilty-war-crimes-report-180223152525125.html
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