600 displaced in clashes between SPLA and armed militias in Mundri

October 12, 2015 (JUBA) – Approximately over 600 people have internally been displaced from Mundri county in South Sudan’s Western Equatoria state following recent military confrontations between the army and unknown armed militias, the United Nations said.

Those displaced, the UN mission (UNMISS) said, are seeking protection around and in the immediate vicinity its temporary operating base in the area.

According to a spokesperson for the world body, Western Equatoria state is currently divided between the South Sudanese army (SPLA) and the unknown armed militias.

Meanwhile, the mission said a number of shots were fired into its protection of civilians’ site in South Sudan’s oil-rich Unity state, where some 108,000 displaced persons are being protected. Four of people, including a 13-year old boy, were reportedly injured.

The mission reiterated its call for the parties to the conflict to respect the inviolability of UN assets and premises, including the protection of civilians’ sites, where it continues to protect some 185,000 civilians. It also appealed for protection of the facilities.

(ST)