Us Visa Ban adds to the assembly problems of South Sudan

The decision of the Trump Administration during the weekend a Revokes visas for all passport holders of South Sudan He adds to the growing political and humanitarian challenges that face the youngest nation in the world.

South Sudan deals with the risk of civil war since tensions among its political leaders have increased, above all because the authorities have put the vice -president under the domestic arrest At the end of March. Millions of people are also facing hunger, movements and outbreaks of diseases such as Violence intensifies and the United States Cut help.

THE Prohibition of brushed visaRegional observers say, it shows how Washington is withdrawing in a moment of immense need for the nation of Eastern Africa, which has contributed to existence almost 15 years ago by supporting its offer for independence from Sudan.

“A huge storm is being formed on South Sudan and the prohibition of visa adds only the anxiety that people have on everything that could go wrong,” said Daniel Akech, senior analyst of South Sudan at the International Crisis Group, a non -profit organization. “Timpism and execution of it are not right or useful.”

Saturday, the secretary of state Marco Rubio said he revokes visas for citizens of South Sudan and preventing us from entering the United States. Deputy Secretary of State said Christopher Landau social media that South Sudan had refused to accept the repatriation of one of its citizens.

The Trump administration did not say if he tried to expel the citizens of South Sudan whose visas had been revoked. South Sudan government did not respond to the announcement of the visa ban and a government spokesman did not respond to requests for comment.

South Sudan sends relatively few travelers to the United States. In January only 46 non -immigrant visas were issued According to the data of the United States government.

Visa cancellations come between the deepening of the political fractures between the Save Kiir president and his vice -president, Riek Machar. The schism threatens the fragile peace agreement of 2018 which put an end to a five -year civil war, which killed almost 400,000 people and has cleared millions from their homes.

The authorities also arrested several high -level opposition figures, some of which are unknown, according to activists.

In recent months, the Sudanese military and opposition forces allied with Mr. Machar have clashed outside Juba, the capital and other parts of the country. In March, a United Nations helicopter that evacuated soldiers wounded by the state of high Nile in the north -est was attachedresulting in the death of a general, together with many other military officers and a crew member. Violence in the state has eradicated tens of thousands of people, some of whom fled to Ethiopia, according to the United Nations.

The Government of Uganda has deployed troops in South Sudan at the request of President Kiir, a move that annoyed Mr. Machar and his allies. Regional diplomatic efforts to repress discord have failed so farraising fears of further instability and potential collapse of the government.

The cuts to US aid are also damaging the efforts to reconstruct after years of conflict. The United States speechless 705 million dollars on food, health, education and other programs in the country last year. But much of that funding has vanished since the Trump administration rose to power, say the groups of aid, forcing them to leave the vulnerable communities that are facing floods, widespread cholera outbreaks and food deficiencies without support.

“South Sudan is quickly becoming the forgotten crisis of the world,” said Denish Ogenrwot, the protagonist of the defense of the action of the Hunger Help Agency, on the phone from Juba.

He said his agency had rejected almost two thirds of his staff. Some of its structures have closed, forcing mothers and their children to walk five to 10 hours to reach the remaining ones, rather than two hours, he said.

“American aid have made a long way,” said Ogenrwot. “The lack means that the problems will only worsen.”

Akech of the International Crisis Group stated that the sudden revocations of visas could interrupt the life of South Sudan citizens in the United States.

Akech said that visa revocations should have targeted the members of the elite responsible for worsening the situation in South Sudan, not the wider population. “The pain will be felt by those who should not be punished,” he said.

Opposition officials of South Sudan in the United States declared Monday that they were worried about the people who could be expelled.

“We are seriously concerned that repatriated people can face serious damage or even death at the hands of the government himself responsible for these failures,” said Reath Moch Tang, a high official based in Washington in Machar’s party that is permanent legal resident in the United States, in a declaration at the New York Times.

The future action of the United States, he said, should “focus on promoting responsibility among leaders, safeguarding the life and interests of ordinary citizens of South Sudan”.