UN warns of worsening crisis in South Sudan as peace process falters

The United Nations Assistant Secretary-General for Africa, Martha Ama Akyaa Pobee, on Monday said security and humanitarian conditions in South Sudan were deteriorating.

In a briefing to the Security Council, she said recent military offensives have resulted in deaths, displacement, and the destruction of civilian infrastructure.

“There has been a continued erosion of the gains previously made in the peace process, including of the…