{"id":112686,"date":"2025-03-29T15:03:07","date_gmt":"2025-03-29T15:03:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/index.php\/2025\/03\/29\/un-chief-urges-urgent-action-on-south-sudan-to-guarantee-2026-polls\/"},"modified":"2025-03-29T15:03:07","modified_gmt":"2025-03-29T15:03:07","slug":"un-chief-urges-urgent-action-on-south-sudan-to-guarantee-2026-polls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/un-chief-urges-urgent-action-on-south-sudan-to-guarantee-2026-polls\/","title":{"rendered":"UN chief urges urgent action on South Sudan to guarantee 2026 polls"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>NAIROBI, Kenya, Mar 29 \u2013 United Nations Secretary-General Ant\u00f3nio Guterres has sounded the alarm over South Sudan\u2019s worsening crisis, describing it as a security emergency, political turmoil, humanitarian catastrophe, and economic meltdown.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Addressing the press on Friday, Guterres called the situation \u201cdramatic and dire\u201d and urged immediate diplomatic, political, and financial support to stabilize the country and provide lifesaving aid.<\/p>\n<p>Tensions escalated further on Wednesday night when First Vice President Riek Machar was placed under house arrest, raising concerns of a potential political showdown in the fragile nation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI implore South Sudan\u2019s leaders to fully restore the government of national unity and vigorously implement the peace agreement,\u201d Guterres stated. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is the only legal framework for peaceful, free, and fair elections in December 2026.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.capitalfm.co.ke\/news\/2025\/03\/raila-says-confident-of-de-escalation-after-6-hour-stop-in-juba\/\">Raila confident of a de-escalation after a 6-hour stop in Juba<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p>He noted that the United Nations was working with the African Union (AU) to HELP de-escalate the crisis.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe fully support the A.U. initiative to deploy the Panel of the Wise, as well as the efforts of President Ruto\u2019s special envoy from Kenya,\u201d Guterres confirmed, emphasizing the close cooperation between the two organizations.<\/p>\n<p>In a direct appeal to South Sudan\u2019s leadership, Guterres urged: \u201cPut down the weapons. Put the people of South Sudan first.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>South Sudan\u2019s President Salva Kiir and the now-detained First Vice President Riek Machar\u2014both instrumental in securing the country\u2019s independence from Sudan in 2011\u2014have long been political rivals.<\/p>\n<p>Analysts note that their feud has intensified in recent years, with Machar waiting for his turn to lead while Kiir holds onto power.<\/p>\n<p>As tensions mount, the international community remains on high alert, pushing for a peaceful resolution before the crisis spirals further out of control.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NAIROBI, Kenya, Mar 29 \u2013 United Nations Secretary-General Ant\u00f3nio Guterres has sounded the alarm over South Sudan\u2019s worsening crisis, describing it as a security emergency, political turmoil, humanitarian catastrophe, and economic meltdown. Addressing the press on Friday, Guterres called the situation \u201cdramatic and dire\u201d and urged immediate diplomatic, political, and financial support to stabilize the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-112686","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112686","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=112686"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112686\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=112686"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=112686"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=112686"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}