In a troubling development, gunmen attacked a UN helicopter on an evacuation mission in South Sudan’s Upper Nile State, resulting in one crew member's death and injuries to two others. The helicopter was responding to an urgent need to rescue wounded South Sudanese soldiers amid surging political tensions that threaten to ignite a new civil conflict. President Salva Kiir called for calm, asserting the government would not allow chaos to prevail, while critics blame him and rival leaders for the ongoing crisis and clashes between their forces.
The UN helicopter attack highlights escalating conflict in South Sudan, where government tensions threaten to spiral into a new civil war amid ongoing violence.
President Salva Kiir asserts that his government will manage the crisis in South Sudan, urging citizens not to take the law into their own hands.
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