Washington, DC/Juba, January 5, 2017 (SSNA) — The United States has issued a travel warning against Americans traveling in South Sudan or people who want to travel to the war-torn country.
On Wednesday, the US State department updated its July 2016 travel warning telling Americans not to travel to South Sudan, citing the ongoing raging civil war.
“The U.S. State Department warns U.S. citizens against travel to the Republic of South Sudan because of ongoing fighting, intercommunal violence, and violent crime. The Department of State has terminated Ordered Departure status for Embassy Juba, and simultaneously adjusted its staffing profile to reflect new conditions on the ground,” the statement said.
The State Department explains in the document that the situation in South Sudan is unpredictable and that there is an increase in intertribal and intercommunal violence, adding that citizens of the United States and humanitarian personnel continue to be the targets of shootings, ambushes, violent assaults, harassment and robberies.
The statement further explains that violent crimes are high throughout the violence-ravaged young nation, including in South Sudan’s capital, Juba.
The new warning is an updated version of the 10th July 2016 travel advisory notice.
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Now united state know who is who in south Sudan but can’t get that kirr out off power why?
Out of the extensive list why the US isn’t getting involved with the south Sudanese war, the biggest reason is that there is no clear better option if salva kiir isn’t in charge. Riek Machar is just as bad in different ways. There is no solution to the problem. There never was
Comment blame came to all of us not kiir mr sick in the name of kiir.
I can not see why kiir is over mentioned but not the main people that started up all thia drama
When they fail they say kiir
lnstead of solving the problem US is warning its citizens from travelling to SS .
USA seems to be reducing its level of commitment to South Aidan after being sidelined on oil deals. Secondly, USA cannot solve problems of South Sudan apart from the people & leaders themselves. USA may no be able to support fighting brothers unless the brothers solve and put aside their problems.
There is no solution to the problem
United States of America pretending to be the world superpower while people are doing in South Sudan and they don’t respond the tyranny regime action of killing.
Salva kiir and his dogs must be expelled from south sudan period,otherwise there will be no peace in south sudan!!
The government of u.s is right and has right to protect his own citigen. They should also thing of not giving any humanterian support which is always diverted to the buying of armunitions by the government. By allowing a conplict ing nation to supper, it can make them thing of peace them selves with out any Intervention. With out support, everything can go deing. “Where is your daily song of arm embergo? We are waiting to dance it”.
Channel bro if not kiir should it you? Kiir is the course of every thing even devil the told me so because he the president and yet his term has ended but he is not ending. Don’t you thing he wants you to die first as we are loosing people all day long? Take care and pray many times more than what brothers muslim does. We are in hot soop.
Devil told u
God bless you
Kiir has been glued to his seat since 2005. A downward spiral showing that he is utterly incapable to run a nation, except running it into the grave. The international community get upset and issue papers, reports and condemnation upon condemnation, all as useless as Kiir’s propaganda bulletins and his silly decrees.
South Sudan is a failed state, it needs to be put under guardianship for 10 years, question is how to remove the genocidical killer from his seat? Perhaps thro him and his chair into the fire and have it all done with.
warning the citizens not to come to south sudan is not a solution,because up to when is US going to warn her citizen .I think the only way is to settle the current situation of south sudan and bring peace to south sudan
God knows where we are going .
even if some one get drunk with his or her own beer or whisky, still he can blame kiir. like Mr Musa who is blaming kirr for nothing
You go, we can fighting our selves and make peace our selves,
surely, its deadly I have been there.
it is a good step USA is takeing becouse you can not allow your beloved peopel to go to a country where there is no peace no understanding ,only we know ahahahahhahh
good step
If the USA government knows that there is no credible situation in the South Sudan, why the us government use to support dictatorship regime in direct to kill its own citizens and other nations?
Us has its own problems.it’s not gonna solve any ss problems not that clear that is why the idiot is doing all this
south sudan will not able to solve their problem alone unless their is measures taken by the AU,USA and other countries to take action to control genocide in south sudan
obama administration failed to solve south sudan problems
Why do we need to blame anybody when we don’t have solution as youth if u belief ure patriotic about this country call south Sudan then as youth let’s put our ideas together and forget about this old men and build our own nations by saying what can bring our people together and unite them without inciting them for no reason I belief south Sudan one day will be a peaceful country do not lose hope brothers and sisters
those countries who refused to vote for sanctions in south sudan are one benefiting from south sudan like china,russia,and japan
US has right to protect their citizen unlike Kiir who killed his own citizen who voted for his leadership.
I believe that, the Obama admins, failed the New Nation By Trying To Kill Good Leader in July, 2016. Let Us wait for Trump’s Adminstration.
Who did rape the US citizen in Juba at the hotel, loot and kill Mr. Gatluak? That is Kiir Gov’t. The rebel act like gov’t and the gov’t act like rebel in South Sudan.
US need yo apologize to the country and peplople of South Sudan.
They are blowing fire to ignite but no one is above God and who can block Gid’s plans. God forbid the ‘looming’ war being preficted.
Government and every citizen need to be straight forward on our patriotism otherwise we will always be on loggerhead without solution allowing those interested in us killing ourselves benefit.
South Sudan is one!
Riek Machar, is fighting back after being scratch by Kiir and if the international communities including US the superpower can’t understand who is bad and good then something is wrong. A government that slaughter it own citizens, humanitarian worker looting, raping and killing innocent civilian should not be allowed to do so. The moral integrity of IGAD, Au and the other peace mediator groups is now questionable for condoning Salva Kiir to fight R.M in Juba in July and subsequently illegal replacement of R.M by a tractor Taban Deng. Even the move to detain R.M in South Africa Will never bring peace because the problem is not R.M but the people of South Sudan who want a change and total reform in the governing the country
*uck US. They can go to hell. South Sudan is not DRC. It has got real African . If you got no job in your country , stay there and don,t step in other people country affairs. I hate your big dumb ass devil mouth. Killing of African American everyday by your white fucken cops is enough. Even if you take over as UN, you will be dying one by one every day.
The biggest problem in South Sudan is because USA has involved deeply into South Sudan civil war. There is no comparison between Kirr and Machar as you have presumed. Kirr leadership has been without mercy against his own citizen, crime and tribalism is raging at his watch and yet American still congratulate him. Keeping Kiir in power is perlonging the conflict of South Sudan because it now appears the war is between Dinka and Nuer which need a wise decision from America not just keep damping in power it will have long negative consequence to this nation. One for all we need to disemental such transitional government and invite other leader a part from gentlemen if US is neutral and wise to solve South Sudan problem. Bringing new leadership will have chance removing all war monger on both side and that leadership will closely working to unite country based on principle with fauvoured and tribes… then should be followed by election… at the end period of transitional.
The problem of South Sudan will continue as long as no guides line from US to solves it… Kirr will still killing more people beyond 2018 as he wishing to continues to be president to avoid accountiblity and his chohort.
In every country, there is rule of law and must be obeyed and abide by all citizens regardless. But ss is different case people don’t obey law by rebellion easily and government act they all cry being punish.respect the law and elected government please brothers and sisters
Is US helping south Sudan? or ruining it The reason behind this question is because as the situation worsen. The Us adviced it’s citizens to keep away, what about the innocent south Sudanese citizens who can’t help themselves in such a situation who will adviced them.If US is fair enough the should settle this problem once and for all.
Am not sure that the two parties IGAD & US will solve anything in south Sudan because they did not find who started the violence after macar’s arrival to juba as per now part of the country is in protection camps
No one have right to blame USA,i do give them right for warning their citizens for traveling to any country with war such as south sudan.and kiir is man of peace than any leader in south sudan.the day he step down the worse will appear than what we are seeing at the moment. We all know that riek has no good history in our country and yet some believe in him as a good man.kiir fought for our right for years and he never turn his back on us.he never point his gun at his people.whereas we all know that riek is always a rebel fight for someone else.in 1991 riek turn his back on spla and he told his people that is nuer and dinka.majority died during that time,and yet he was forgiven and against he repeated same category as well as more than three time till 2013 when he leave his own seat and turn people back to conflict.and now all majority have died in his hand.of riek vice president what can lead him to a war.he has right to mobilize people in a good war instead of conflict. Isn’t that easy for someone like him to take a presidency position by power.Taban Deng Gai is way better than riek