US orders nonemergency government staff to leave South Sudan

US orders nonemergency government staff to leave South Sudan as tension grows over fighting
The U.S. State Department has ordered nonemergency government personnel to leave South Sudan’s capital as tension escalates because of fighting in the north.
Dear South Sudanese unite and leave war behind you
I am deeply saddened by what is happening in Nasir, in the Upper Nile area of South Sudan. It does not align with the long struggles and great sacrifices made by the people of South Sudan for self-determination and their future.
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US orders non-emergency staff to leave South Sudan as tension rises
The United States has ordered all its non-emergency staff in South Sudan to leave, amid rising tensions in the country. Fighting in recent days has threatened an already fragile peace deal between President Salva Kiir and Vice-President Riek Machar.
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