The American visa ban adds to the problems of installing South Sudan

Trump administration decision during the weekend Canceling visas for all passports holders in southern Sudanese It adds to the escalating political and humanitarian challenges facing the younger world nation.

South Sudan faces the danger of the civil war with the escalation of tensions between its political leaders, especially since the authorities have developed the vice president Under the arrest of the house In late March. Millions of people also face hunger, displacement and disease outbreaks Violence intensifies And the United States Aid.

the Labor a sweeping visaRegional observers say Washington explains how Washington is declining at the time of the need for an East Africa nation, which has helped achieve existence for nearly 15 years by supporting its offer to independence from Sudan.

“A huge storm is formed on southern Sudan, and the visa ban only adds to the anxiety that people have about everything that may happen wrong,” said Daniel Akic, chief analyst for southern Sudan in the group of international crises, a non -profit organization. “Time and its implementation is not true or useful.”

On Saturday, Foreign Minister Marco Rubio said he was eliminating visas for citizens in South Sudan and prohibiting more entry of the United States. The Deputy Foreign Minister, Christopher Landau, said, Social media South Sudan has refused to accept the return of the country to one of its citizens.

The Trump administration has not said whether it would seek to deport the citizens of South Sudan whose visas were canceled. The government of South Sudan did not respond to the announcement of the visa ban, and a government spokesman did not respond to the requests for comment.

South Sudan sends relatively few travelers to the United States. 46 non -migrant visas were released only to their citizens in January, compared to more than 2,500 people from neighboring Kenya, According to US government data.

The abolition of the visa comes amid the deepening of political traits between President Salva Kiir and its vice -president, Rick Mashr. The defection threatens the fragile peace agreement for the year 2018, which ended a five -year civil war, which killed nearly 400,000 people and explained millions of their homes.

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

In recent months, the Sudanese army and opposition forces allied with Mr. Machar have clashed outside Juba, the capital, and in other parts of the country. In March, the United Nations helicopter was to evacuate the wounded soldiers from the state of Upper Nile in the northeast AttackThis led to the death of a general, along with many other military officers and a member of a crew. Tens of thousands of people, some of whom have fled to Ethiopia, according to the United Nations.

The Ugandan government has deployed forces in South Sudan at the request of President Kiir, a move that angered Mr. Machar and his allies. Regional diplomatic efforts to calm the dispute FailedWhich raises fears of more instability and the potential collapse of the government.

The US aid discounts harm the efforts made to rebuild after years of conflict. US Spent 705 million dollars on food, health, education and other programs in the country last year. Relief groups say that many of this financing has disappeared since the Trump administration has reached power, which led them to leave weak societies facing floods, cholera on a large scale and food shortage without support.

“The southern Sudan soon became the forgotten crisis in the world,” said Denish Oginerrot, the leadership leadership to take the relief agency against hunger, by phone from Juba.

He said that his agency rejected nearly two -thirds of its employees. He said that some of its facilities were closed, forcing mothers and their children to walk from five to 10 hours to reach the remaining, instead of two hours.

“American aid has come a long way,” said Mr. Ogenrot. “The lack of this means that the problems will get worse.”

Mr. Akic of the International Crisis Group said that sudden visa evokes can disrupt the lives of southern Sudan citizens in the United States.

Mr. Akic said that visa uses should have targeted the elite members responsible for the exacerbation of the situation in southern Sudan, not the wider population. “The pain will be felt by those who should not be punished,” he said.

Opposition officials in South Sudan in the United States said on Monday that they were concerned about the people who could be deported.

“We are very concerned that individuals who are returning home may face severe harm or even death at the hands of the government responsible for these failures,” said Rayith Mouach Tang, a senior official in the United States, a resident of the United States, said in a statement to the New York Times.

He said that the American action in the future should “focus on promoting accountability between leaders while protecting the life and interests of ordinary Sudanese citizens.”