The U.S. Government has announced the extension of the state of national emergency concerning South Sudan for another year, considering the situation in the African country »an extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy» of the United States.
U.S. President Joe Biden communicated his decision to the U.S. Congress in a statement citing «widespread violence and atrocities, human rights abuses, recruitment and use of child soldiers, attacks on peacekeepers, and obstruction of humanitarian operations» as dangerous.
This situation, in addition to threatening U.S. security, «marks a threat to the peace, security and stability of South Sudan and the surrounding region.
The White House approved in April 2014, under President Barack Obama, a declaration of emergency in South Sudan to »address the unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States».
President Biden’s notice will be published in the U.S. Federal Register and will also be transmitted to the U.S. Congress.
South Sudan became independent from Sudan in 2011, after decades of conflict and a referendum in between. Just two years later, the country was plunged into a bloody civil war that left thousands dead.
Source: (EUROPA PRESS)
