Riek Machar, faction leader[/caption]"We are extremely concerned about the escalation in the situation in South Sudan," the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) Country Representative, Iyorlumun Uhaa, told IRIN, a news media outlet relating news from the United Nations on the recent fighting in South Sudan. "We're really facing a huge and growing humanitarian crisis."
Recent news from the United Nations press release services indicates the seriousness of the fighting across South Sudan, where it is reported some 1000 people have been skilled. Thousands more will potentially be displaced or require humanitarian assistance.
Around the country, it is approximated that 58,000 people who have sought refuge through the United Nations bases around the country may be at risk of disease and safety problems.
The intense civil war, with the fighting now in South Sudan, has created serious problems for thousands of people. The expansion of the fighting in South Sudan began on 15 December 2013, when two factions in military barracks began fighting in the national capital, Juba. President Salva Kiir has blamed the initiation of violence on a failed coup attempt by former deputy, Riek Machar. Machar has denied the accusations, however he has admitted he is now in open rebellion against the government.
25,000 people are being sheltered at two UN camps. Most of these people are women in children according to one of UNICEF's representatives, "In areas around Juba where we have access, the major issues for children relate to the separation from their families," he said. "A lot of the children came to the camps [after] being separated from their families."
And the crowded conditions have brought a separate set of problems including gender-based violence that are a continuation of some of the issues in the fighting among the various factions and a risk of waterborne diseases such as cholera..
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