The government is responsible for possible war crimes, says the United Nations. In a report presented Friday, March 18, the UN Human Rights Commission on Sudan accuses members of the government of being responsible for serious human rights violations.
Senior officials of the South Sudanese regime are said to have committed abuses amounting to ” war crimes “, according to this UN commission. The latter adds that it has identified 142 people whose actions must be investigated. The country is regularly shaken by inter-ethnic violence. Last month, the UN warned of a “ real risk of a return to conflict “.
For Yasmin Sooka, president of this human rights commission on Sudan, this violence is fueled by the Sudanese political class for personal ends. ” The violence observed in several regions cannot be separated from the history of South Sudan. They are the consequences of decades of conflict between political leaders seeking to seize power. The politicians as well as the soldiers affirm that these confrontations are only local conflicts and that they have nothing to do with the policy on the national level; but it’s wrong. »
” This local violence is fueled by the recruitment of young people on ethnic bases; with politicians who arm these militias, to support their personal ambitions, insists Yasmin Sooka. It is a proxy war of those elites who outsource the violence. These killings, these massacres, these cases of torture, these kidnappings, these burned and looted villages, as well as all these rapes are only the reflection of an intense power struggle which is taking place in the capital Juba. »