"If the government or any other actor tries to undermine the peace process and rebuff (reject) the IGAD heads of state, they will face consequences."
"Those who threaten the peace, security, or stability of South Sudan, obstruct the peace process, target U.N. peacekeepers, or are responsible for human rights abuses and atrocities will not have a friend in the United States and run the risk of sanctions"
"As I have continually warned, for those who continue to obstruct the peace process, we will take action"
"A mob of armed civilians pretending to be peaceful protesters delivering a petition to the United Nations in South Sudan forced their way into a U.N. base sheltering some 5,000 civilians on Thursday and opened fire."
"Rebels slaughtered hundreds of civilians when they seized the South Sudan oil hub of Bentiu, hunting down men, women and children who had sought refuge in a hospital, mosque and Catholic church."
"For the sake of the people of South Sudan, international community must sanction political spoilers and those who target civilians."
"Obviously the violence on the ground and the targeted violence we’ve seen has raised significant concern here, and hence we’re actively considering sanctions."
"We're going to continue to push. But it may be that sanctions are one of the things that have to take impact. We're evaluating that now,"
"Those who are responsible for targeted killings based on ethnicity or nationality have to be brought to justice, and we are actively considering sanctions against those who commit human rights violations and obstruct humanitarian assistance"
“This Council should consider urgently whether to put in place parallel targeted Security Council sanctions so as to try to deter the outrageous attacks on civilians of the kind we saw in Bor and Bentiu last month.”
"Let me make it clear, if there is a total refusal by one party or the other to engage ... not only might sanctions be engaged, but there are other serious implications and possible consequences"
"South Sudan troops trying to recapture the oil hub of Bentiu from rebels forced back amid heavy gunfire"
“Seek in the U.N. Security Council to authorize targeted sanctions.”
"A new investigation into the conflict in South Sudan has revealed horrific atrocities committed by both parties to the conflict, with ethnically motivated attacks on civilians constituting war crimes and crimes against humanity, Amnesty International said in a report released today."
"The Dinka and Jem - a notorious pro-government militia from Darfur in Sudan - had raped Nuer women, and now they were pregnant with Dinka and Jem babies. The commander used the airwaves to call upon young men to meet at the barracks the following day, to go to Dinka sites, and do what the Dinka had done to their wives."
"Scores of people have been killed in hospitals in South Sudan since the country plunged into conflict in December, and attacks on medical facilities have helped to crush the already fragile health care system... An already fragile healthcare system has been destroyed in areas affected by conflict and largely neglected in other areas, leaving hundreds of thousands of people without medical care at a time when it is critically needed. "
"Clashes between South Sudanese rival forces in Northern Bahr el Ghazal left over 60 people dead...army defectors attempting to escape to the border with neighbouring Sudan clashed with pro-government soldiers."
"The United States condemns the South Sudanese opposition forces’ ground attack on the positions of the South Sudanese army (SPLA) in Nasir, Upper Nile State, on July 20."
“Swiftly impose robust sanctions against senior members on both sides of the conflict who are hindering the peace process and bear responsibility for human rights abuses.”
"The United States condemns in the strongest terms the targeting and killing of at least six humanitarian workers, in Maban County, South Sudan, reportedly on ethnic grounds. We extend our condolences to the families who have lost loved ones and, more broadly, to the people of South Sudan who are suffering daily the devastating effects of an entirely man-made crisis."
"The council has made it very clear that it is prepared to impose consequences if there continue to be spoilers, if there continue to be people carrying out gross violations of human rights"
“We are considering sanctions options, as appropriate, to target those who are acting to impede the peaceful resolution of the conflict in South Sudan”
“The United States has already sanctioned two South Sudanese, and we will use the authority under President Obama’s Executive Order against others who commit atrocities, obstruct the peace process, or threaten peace and security in South Sudan. We urge others in the international community, including the UN Security Council, to take similar steps.”
The United States imposed sanctions on two military officers on opposite sides of the ethnic violence in South Sudan. James Kuong Chol, a member of the rebel forces, and Santino Deng Wol, an SPLA major general.
"It’s one of the reasons the U.S. issued the executive order for targeted individual sanctions back in April. We have followed through with two rounds of designations under those sanctions, and we’re prepared to continue to utilize that executive order, if need be. All of the parties who are involved in the negotiations have come to the conclusion that if the warring parties do not take this more seriously then we have to levy for more serious sanctions on them"
Some 3.5 million people were at crisis and emergency levels of food insecurity. Most of them were in the conflict-affected states of Jonglei, Unity and Upper Nile, where violence and d is placement had taken a heavy toll on livelihoods and access to markets.
"If this round of talks, and particularly once the leaders are brought back into this round of talks, do not succeed, IGAD and the (Security) Council are going to need to move out on these long-threatened sanctions."
"South Sudanese military and rebels..accused each other of breaking a fragile ceasefire agreement and portraying the other as the aggressor...n Juba, the spokesperson of the government army, Col. Phillip Aguer accused the rebel SPLM-in-opposition of hostile activities in various places in the Upper Nile state region, including shelling and carrying out attacks on their positions."
"The time has come for the broader international community to send the same clear message by authorizing targeted UN Security Council sanctions; a unified signal that this senseless war is unacceptable and that those responsible will pay a price.
"It’s getting to the point now where IGAD and their international partners need to continue to ratchet up the pressure on the parties" (Play video at 0:50).
"The United States remains committed to the people of South Sudan and is determined to hold accountable those who choose violence, standing ready to place sanctions on those who obstruct peace, commit human rights abuses and violations, and block humanitarian assistance."
"Violence broke out in Upper Nile, Jonglei and Unity states, where rebels allege that oil fields had been targeted"
"The SPLM/A in Opposition forces attacked Bentiu from 27 to 29 October, but failed to take control of the town. During the fighting, stray bullets killed a child and injured several civilians in the UNMISS base. The fighting also had an impact on humanitarian operations, with staff relocated for security concerns. On multiple occasions during the reporting period, UNMISS teams in Bentiu reported firing between SPLA and o pposition forces within a few kilometr e s of the UNMISS compound."
“We’re working now, in support of [the Intergovernmental Authority on Development], talking about a sanctions resolution in the U.N. that would mirror what we have done bilaterally already.”
"At least six civilians have died in fighting in South Sudan in the past two days, rebels said, and both rebels and the government accused one another of planning a return to full-blown conflict after a lull in the rainy season."
"At least 11 people were killed and several others injured in an ambush in South Sudan’s Western Bahr el Ghazal state"
"The UN Mission in South Sudan, UNMISS, reports that there was shelling this morning in the area of Bentiu in Unity State, some two kilometres from the UNMISS compound."
A UNICEF education team reported that 89 children were abducted while doing their exams. The actual number could be much higher.
The United States drafted a sanctions regime for the UNSC
"You will be held to account now, as we urge you to compromise to reach an agreement, and later, when you are considering whether to follow through on its terms.”
"Today’s resolution laid the framework for targeted sanctions, making clear that the parties must meet IGAD deadlines for resolving the conflict and begin creating a national unity Government. She hoped that having the resolution in place, with realistic deadlines, would improve IGAD’s chances of success to foster peace." - Samantha Power
"If there is no peace agreement... the Council could act to impose sanctions on those individuals who are responsible for undermining the peace process.
South Sudan rebels led by former vice-president, Riek Machar have claimed that 38 government soldiers were killed in the battle fields of Ayot and Nhial Diu in Jonglei and Unity states respectively.
"Two soldiers were reportedly killed and scores wounded as gubernatorial guards battled fighters under the command of Johnson Oliny."
"And I believe that the community, the nations in the community – Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya, the IGAD as a whole – all of them need to come together and make certain that there’s going to be an impact here. And that could mean sanctions against the individuals – not against the country, but against individuals who have hidden money away, hidden property away, who have literally stolen from the nation even as they’re letting the nation kill itself. This is unacceptable, and so we’re going to put additional efforts into that, I can assure you.”
"He said the latest fighting had also left over 650,000 civilians without access to aid. In Unity state, thousands of homes had been burned and a hospital in the town of Leer was under threat of destruction." "IGAD, the regional group acting as mediator in the conflict, said the rebels had allied with the Shilluk militia of General Johnson Olony to attack the government's positions in and around Malakal."
We'd love to hear from you. Please send questions or feedback to the below email addresses.
Before contacting us, you may wish to visit our FAQs page which has lots of useful info on Tiki-Toki.
We can be contacted by email at: hello@tiki-toki.com.
You can also follow us on twitter at twitter.com/tiki_toki.
If you are having any problems with Tiki-Toki, please contact us as at: help@tiki-toki.com
Close