Nearly 14,000 soldiers and police are deployed in the UN mission in South Sudan There is a "very real risk of mass atrocities" in South Sudan and peacekeepers will not be able to stop the bloodbath since they do not have the "appropriate manpower or capabilities," warns the African Union Secretary general Riek Machar , adding the risk has rocketed following a "sharp rise in hate speech and ethnic incitement in July . " As we have previously highlighted, Juba is already facing a desperate humanitarian crisis which stems from the violent internal conflict between the president's forces and those of his former first vice-president; the situation is exacerbated by economic collapse, with inflation now at an incredible 700% .
There is a "very real risk of mass atrocities" in South Sudan and peacekeepers will not be able to stop the bloodbath since they do not have the "appropriate manpower or capabilities," warns the African Union Secretary general Riek Machar , adding the risk has rocketed following a "sharp rise in hate speech and ethnic incitement in July ." As we have previously highlighted, Juba is already facing a desperate humanitarian crisis which stems from the violent internal conflict between the president's forces and those of his former first vice-president; the situation is exacerbated by economic collapse, with inflation now at an incredible 700% .