UN peacekeepers stayed in their bases rather than risk doing their job of protecting civilians during an outbreak of fighting in South Sudan in July, a rights group has said. They also executed a South Sudanese journalist –apparently because of his Nuer ethnicity. The UN mission in South Sudan (Unmiss) gave orders for a peacekeepers to intervene but none “ever tried to leave their bases”, the report said, with the Chinese and Ethiopian battalions refusing to go. During four days of fighting between the rival forces, artillery rounds and gunfire hit two UN bases, killing two Chinese peacekeepers. “The investment we urgently need to make and prioritize in South Sudan is putting the peace process back on track,” it added.

Source: The Guardian October 06, 2016 00:00 UTC