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2025 Fangak Bombing
On May 3, 2025, a bombing targeted a Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) hospital and pharmacy in Old Fangak, Fangak, Jonglei State, South Sudan, resulting in at least seven deaths and more than twenty-seven injured. Background The attack followed a public statement by the spokesperson of the South Sudan People's Defence Forces, South Sudan People’s Defense Forces (SSPDF) on 2 May 2025, ordering retaliatory military action if hijacked vessels at Adok Port in Leer County were not immediately released by armed elements. The SSPDF warned that failure to comply would result in punitive aerial and riverine operations. This threat was issued shortly after the Government, in a strategic public announcement, categorized Nuer people, Nuer-majority counties by ethnicity into ‘hostile’ and ‘friendly’—naming Fangak, home to tens of thousands of Nuer civilians, as one of nine ‘hostile’ counties. Attack The attack began at around 4:30 a.m. (GMT+2) when two Attack helicopt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Sudanese Civil War
The South Sudanese Civil War was a multi-sided civil war in South Sudan fought from 2013 to 2020, between forces of the government and opposition forces. The civil war caused rampant human rights abuses, including forced displacement, ethnic massacres, and killings of journalists by various parties. Since the war's end, South Sudan has been governed by a coalition formed by leaders of the former warring factions, Salva Kiir Mayardit and Riek Machar. The country continues to recover from the war while experiencing ongoing and systemic ethnic violence. In December 2013, President Kiir accused his former deputy Machar and 10 others of attempting a coup d'état. Machar denied trying to start a coup and fled to lead the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-in-Opposition (SPLM-IO). Fighting broke out between the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) and SPLM-IO, igniting the civil war. Ugandan troops were deployed to fight alongside the South Sudanese government. The United Natio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
