Nairobi, May 19 (SANA) Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) warned of a troubling trend in South Sudan, where parties to the conflict are exploiting humanitarian assistance for political and military ends amid escalating hostilities and deteriorating conditions on the ground.
Reuters quoted MSF as saying in a report that it has documented a pattern of aid access being blocked, threatening and coercive messages being sent, and evacuation orders being issued targeting civilians and humanitarian organizations in contested and opposition-controlled areas.
The organization also flagged attempts by conflict parties to force NGOs to redirect aid deliveries to and from specific areas, effectively cutting off entire communities from life-saving supplies.
South Sudan, which gained independence in 2011, faces compounding security and humanitarian challenges amid ongoing clashes between government forces loyal to President Salva Kiir Mayardit and opposition forces aligned with former Vice President Riek Machar, as international calls grow for greater stability and unimpeded humanitarian access.
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