South Sudans military has ordered all civilians and personnel from the UN mission and all other charities to evacuate three counties in Jonglei State before an operation there against opposition forces.
Clashes, which the UN said are occurring at a scale not seen since 2017, have been convulsing South Sudan, Africas youngest country, for months.
Some of the fiercest fighting has taken place in Jonglei, in the countrys east on the border with Ethiopia, where the South Sudan Peoples Defence Forces SSPDF is seeking to halt an offensive by fighters loyal to the Sudan Peoples Liberation Army-in-Opposition SPLA-IO.
