{"id":43694,"date":"2026-03-19T15:00:16","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T13:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/?p=43694"},"modified":"2026-03-19T15:00:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T13:00:16","slug":"sscsa-calls-on-government-to-prioritize-civilian-protection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/19\/sscsa-calls-on-government-to-prioritize-civilian-protection\/","title":{"rendered":"SSCSA Calls on Government to Prioritize Civilian Protection"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>By Chol D. Johnson<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\nThe South Sudan Civil Society Alliance (SSCSA) has urged the government to prioritize civilian protection and take effective steps to curb ongoing violence.<br \/>\nIn a statement issued on Tuesday, Deputy Chairperson Dabek Mabior Arok stressed the need for urgent measures to safeguard civilians.<br \/>\n\u201cWe call on the government to take urgent and effective measures to prevent ongoing violence and to prioritize the protection of civilians,\u201d Mabior stated.<br \/>\nHe emphasized that those responsible for the Warrap attack must be held accountable.<br \/>\n\u201cWe further urge the government to ensure that those responsible are held accountable and that justice is served,\u201d he said.<br \/>\nMabior added that SSCSA is calling on authorities to conduct thorough investigations into the incidents, underscoring that civilian protection must remain a top priority.<br \/>\nHe urged immediate government action to address the situation.<br \/>\nThe SSCSA strongly condemned the killings, expressing deep concern over the continued assaults on innocent civilians.<br \/>\nThe alliance stressed that such acts not only inflict devastating harm on families and communities but also erode public trust in the government\u2019s ability to provide security.<br \/>\nBy highlighting the repeated nature of these attacks, SSCSA underscored that the unchecked violence represents a grave threat to peace and stability, and called for urgent intervention to halt further violations of human rights.<br \/>\nAccording to Mabior, such attacks constitute serious violations of human rights.<br \/>\n\u201cWe are deeply concerned about the continued attacks against innocent civilians, which constitute serious violations of human rights,\u201d he stated.<br \/>\nSouth Sudan has faced recurring cycles of communal clashes, cattle raids, and localized conflicts that continue to undermine peace efforts and threaten the safety of ordinary citizens.<br \/>\nCivil society groups had repeatedly raised concerns about the lack of accountability and the slow response of authorities in addressing these incidents.<br \/>\nThe latest attack in Warrap State, which left more than ten people dead and thousands of cattle stolen, has reignited calls for stronger government action.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Chol D. Johnson The South Sudan Civil Society Alliance (SSCSA) has urged the government to prioritize civilian protection and take effective steps to curb ongoing violence. In a statement issued on Tuesday, Deputy Chairperson Dabek Mabior Arok stressed the need for urgent measures to safeguard civilians. \u201cWe call on<a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/19\/sscsa-calls-on-government-to-prioritize-civilian-protection\/\">[Read More&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":43695,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[80,79],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-43694","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Civilan.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43694","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43694"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43694\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43696,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43694\/revisions\/43696"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43695"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43694"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43694"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43694"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}