Source: UN High Commissioner for Refugees
Country: Ethiopia, Kenya, South Sudan, Sudan, Uganda
HIGHLIGHTS
The Troika (Norway, the United Kingdom and the United States) and the European Union have expressed serious concerns about President Kiir’s plan to replace South Sudan’s 10 states with 28 new states (presidential decree of 2 October) and have urged him to defer action on this matter until the Transitional Government of National Unity is formed.
On 9 October, the UN Security Council adopted a resolution to extend the mandate of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan until 15 December 2015 and requested the Secretary-General to conduct a mandate review within 45 days. The resolution also called for the Secretary-General to make available technical assistance for setting up a hybrid court for South Sudan.