During a U.N. Security Council visit to South Sudan earlier this month, President Salva Kiir agreed to accept 4,000 extra peacekeepers and to allow some 12,000 peacekeepers already on the ground to move around freely so they can protect civilians. Ladsous told reporters after briefing the Security Council on Wednesday the agreement "has not been enacted upon at all." Britain and France believe an arms embargo should have already been imposed on South Sudan. U.N. peacekeepers have been deployed in South Sudan since 2011, when the country gained independence from Sudan. "The members of the Security Council expressed deep concern that members of civil society had been targeted in the days following the Security Council's visit to South Sudan," said the body, calling for the perpetrators to be held to account.

Source: The Star September 15, 2016 03:00 UTC