![Aerial photograph of just one part of the Jamam camp in South Sudan, where some 36,000 people have fled to, following fighting near the border of Sudan's Blue Nile State, and South Sudan's Upper Nile State in the Greater Upper Nile region. Conditions are harsh and access to water is difficult, although aid agencies including UNHCR, Oxfam and Medecins Sans Frontieres are managing to make sure people receive an average of 6.5 litres of water a day – enough to meet basic needs. April, 2013. Photo by Robert Stansfield/Department for International Development [CC-BY-SA-2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons.](http://occupyworldwrites.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/1024px-The_scale_of_the_problem_Jamam_refugee_camp_from_the_air_6972523516-300x225.jpg)
Aerial photograph of just one part of the Jamam camp in South Sudan, where some 36,000 people have fled to, following fighting near the border of Sudan’s Blue Nile State, and South Sudan’s Upper Nile State in the Greater Upper Nile region.
Conditions are harsh and access to water is difficult, although aid agencies including UNHCR, Oxfam and Medecins Sans Frontieres are managing to make sure people receive an average of 6.5 litres of water a day – enough to meet basic needs. April, 2013.
Photo by Robert Stansfield/Department for International Development [CC-BY-SA-2.0], via Wikimedia Commons.
“There is no humanity here,” said Col. Jan Hoff, an officer in Norway’s army who has served in Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria, according to a report from USA News.
He arrived with a heavily armed group from the UN that entered the city on Wednesday. They made their way to what remained of the hospital, counting the dead as they proceeded. Horrified, they were met with executed patients, supplies ransacked and flies everywhere as the stench of death hung in the air.
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Image By Peter Fitzgerald [CC-BY-2.5], via Wikimedia Commons
In a in-depth report, Time reveals before and after images of the destruction in Malakal. The amazing images and detailed report are worth your time to explore, review and absorb. The technology used for their report is a story within itself. They report, “The Satellite Sentinel Project is a joint venture comprising the Enough Project, the humanitarian group Not On Our Watch—co-founded by actor George Clooney—and the private satellite imagery vendor DigitalGlobe, which captures the images and provides analysis.” To view their images and coverage, click this link.
With wars brewing and civilians fleeing the area, concern now rises as to spring planting in the area. Without areas normally used for agriculture being prepared for growing, the threat of famine looms. People are running for their lives, not planting crops.
Any nation’s ruler, past or present, that would permit the murder and persecution of citizens to regain or retain power deserves nothing less than trial for crimes against humanity. Reminiscent of the Anfal genocides 26 years ago, the extermination of people in South Sudan must be stopped. We rise to support those who can accomplish this.