Statement by Adama Dieng, United Nations Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide on the situation in South Sudan
(New York, 11 July 2016) The United Nations Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide, Adama Dieng, expressed his deep concern at the threat to the populations of South Sudan posed by the renewed fighting of the last few days between forces loyal to President Salva Kiir and those loyal to First Vice President Riek Machar. “Several hundred people have already been killed, including civilians seeking refuge. Some of the civilians killed were reportedly targeted based on their…