South Sudan: Authorities, UN must investigate failure to protect victims of Abiemnom massacre

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According to Amnesty International, South Sudanese authorities and the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) failed to protect the residents of Abiemnom town from a massacre on March 1, despite having prior intelligence of an imminent attack. In a new report titled "The Abiemnom Massacre: Inaction and Impunity in South Sudan", the organization documented that between 1,000 and 1,500 armed Nuer men killed over 200 people, including children, during a four-hour assault. Tigere Chagutah, Amnesty International’s Regional Director for East and Southern Africa, stated that the killings demand an urgent, independent, and transparent investigation, and urged authorities to hold perpetrators accountable and provide reparations to survivors, while calling on UNMISS to review its response.