NEW YORK, March 24, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Global With out Struggle has condemned contemporary airstrikes on civilian goals in Nasir, South Sudan, amid reviews that the Uganda Other folks’s Protection Drive (UPDF) used chemical incendiary guns. Photographs and witness accounts recommend that ethyl acetate—a flammable business chemical—was once deployed within the densely populated area in Higher Nile state. “I’m deeply involved by way of chemical incendiary guns via the governments of South Sudan and Uganda,” stated Edward H. Wood worker, Director of Global With out Struggle and previous UN peacekeeper in South Sudan. “This isn’t simply an escalation—it’s a possible warfare crime.” Wood worker warned that such assaults, and even the belief of them, possibility reigniting full-scale warfare and undermining peace efforts via the UN and IGAD, of which Uganda is a member. Uganda’s alleged involvement might also violate each home and global regulation. In 2024, UN officers reported 1,561 civilians have been killed in South Sudan, over 230 via govt forces. Wood worker famous, “The guns used—and the global nature of the attackers—set this incident aside.” As soon as somewhat solid, Nasir has noticed emerging tensions since 2024, when human rights abuses via govt troops escalated violence. Uganda’s involvement has infected the placement, with Ugandan commander Basic Muhoozi Kainerugaba reportedly threatening native militias. On March 17, Reuters showed the air strike on Nasir. No less than 21 other people have been killed, together with the paramount leader. The airport, marketplace, and county commissioner’s place of dwelling have been centered. Global With out Struggle criticized the UN Challenge in South Sudan (UNMISS) for failing to give protection to civilians. “Why hasn’t UNMISS deployed peacekeepers as they’re mandated to do?” requested Wood worker, a former UNMISS Leader of Plans and Coverage. Regardless that licensed 17,000 troops, fewer than 14,000 had been supplied. Wood worker instructed deployment of Vital Unified Forces, a impartial South Sudanese pressure, along UNMISS peacekeepers to revive native believe. “The United International locations should examine this assault on civilians and insist responsibility,” he stated, calling on South Sudan to ratify Protocol III of the Conference on Sure Typical Guns. Global With out Struggle is a global NGO operating to finish armed war via difficult the prison, moral, and societal myths that justify it. Based in 2023, it makes use of reporting, analysis, and media to carry establishments responsible and construct a long run unfastened from warfare. Media Touch:
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Chemical Guns Assault in South Sudan Condemned via Global With out Struggle
