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February 21, 2019
Thereis growing international concern about fighting between rival armed groups inSouth Sudan.
Thousandsof people have fled over the border to the Democratic Republic of Congo in recentdays to escape the violence.
Norway,the UK and the US – known as the Troika – say they are particularly disturbedby the situation around Yei.
Theyhave called on the government of South Sudan, the forces loyal to the formerVice-President Riek Machar and another rebel group, the National SalvationFront, to end the violence immediately and to respect last year’s peaceagreement.
TheTroika also called on regional leaders to respect the UN arms embargo.