Fighting and gunfire erupted in South Sudan’s capital today Monday, a day after the U.N. Security Council told rivals President Salva Kiir and Vice-President Riek Mac-har to rein in their forces and end days of violence.
Scores of people have been killed in the fighting which first erupted on Thursday between Kiir loyalists and supporters of Machar, who led rebels during a two-year civil war. Renewed clashes have raised fears of a return to full-blown conflict
The UN Security Council has called on warring factions in South Sudan to immediately end the recent fighting and prevent the spread of violence.
In a unanimous statement, the council condemned the fighting “in the strongest terms” and expressed “particular shock and outrage” at attacks on UN sites.
It also called for additional peacekeepers to be sent to South Sudan.
More than 200 people are reported to have died in clashes since Friday.
Relations between the two men have been fractious since independence in 2011. Despite a peace deal last year ending a civil war, each side accuses the other of bad faith.
The weekend’s violence later escalated, with tanks, helicopter gunships and troops using rocket-propelled grenades involved.
International News 11th July, 2016
Berlin riot: 123 police injured in anti-gentrification protest
Police in Berlin say 123 officers were injured in clashes with leftist protesters over the redevelopment of a district in the east of the city.
About 3,500 protesters marched through Fried-richs-hain (FREED-RICKS-HAIN) on Saturday. Police said some were masked and threw missiles. The protest was the most violent in the past five years, they said.
Tensions have risen since moves began in June to evict squatters in the area. FREED-RICKS-HAIN has undergone rapid gen-tri-fi-cation in recent years.
About 1,800 police were deployed at the protest, which began peacefully but escalated into violence. Eighty-six people were arrested, police said.
Squatters are refusing to leave part of a block of flats at 94 Rigaer Strasse (RIGAR STRASSA). Since June, squads of police have been monitoring the building day and night, with helicopters circling overhead.
Police fired tear gas as shop windows were shattered and police cars damaged.
Many of the neighbours live in housing collectives and sympathise with the squatters, who see themselves as a left-wing alternative to gen-tri-fi-cation and rising rents.
During the protest, some neighbours beat spoons against pots in support of the squatters.
