Democracy Now 9

Democracy Now 9

Cynthia Davila

04-22-2014

Today I read on democracy now about the hundreds killed in South Sudan for a rebel attack in the U.N. And Ukraine having a truce that falters as armed groups remain. The United Nations said that the death toll from the rebel attack is in the hundreds in South Sudan. Men were hunted down by rebel militants. Oil is being overran in the town of Bentiu by women and children. Tons of bodies were found in the streets and they counted about 400 dead with hundreds wounded. It was said that "Over 500 civilians, including many wounded, were extracted from Bentiu Hospital and other places, while thousands were escorted as they walked to the UNMISS base." After the clash erupted between the troops, supporters, and government, more than millions of people fled their homes. United Nations warned about a million people that South Sudan is at risk of famine. Scary to think about and very dangerous to me. Also, the international deal to contain conflicts in Ukraine is stuck in between two sides that are taking blame. Serve ral government building ms have seized over the past two weeks and pro-Russian separatists are taking control. Russia is said to be help by the United States to be responsible and impose new sanctions within a few days if the separatists don't withdraw. Russia was rebuffed by the United States calls which said that Ukraine wants to rein in militants to blame for a deadly attack on a separatists checkpoint over this past weekend. Jen Paaki also notes that he asked Russia to demonstrate an equal level of commitment to the Geneva agreement in both it's rhetoric actions and overall actions. Ukraine also put forward a amnesty bill for separatists to give up their personal buildings and weapons.