SRSG calls for withdrawal of SPLA and Opposition forces from Torit Orphanage

On Wednesday, the Special Representative of the Secretary General, David Shearer, addressed a press conference in Juba stressing that It is crucial that humanitarian agencies are able to access the most vulnerable people.

David Shearer also expressed concern at the current situation in Torit, where government and opposition forces have taken up battle positions on either side of an orphanage just outside the town, And cautioned that the military advance by the SPLA on Pagak, is not in the spirit of the unilateral ceasefire declared by the Government in May of this year.

Listen to the full presser here