{"id":7450,"date":"2026-02-20T13:12:48","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T13:12:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/africansecuritynetwork.org\/HSGO4\/?p=7450"},"modified":"2026-03-01T13:14:40","modified_gmt":"2026-03-01T13:14:40","slug":"weekly-news-20-february-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/africansecuritynetwork.org\/HSGO4\/index.php\/2026\/02\/20\/weekly-news-20-february-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekly News \u2013 20 February"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Q&#038;A: \u2018Ongoing violence must end for South Sudan to hold elections\u2019-EU Envoy<\/h3>\n<p><strong>February 19, 2026 &#8211; Radio Tamazuj<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The head of the EU Delegation to South Sudan stated in an exclusive interview that for credible elections to be held, the conflict must stop. He emphasized the need for inclusive dialogue, an agreed electoral framework, and adequate government funding.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotamazuj.org\/en\/news\/article\/qa-ongoing-violence-must-end-for-south-sudan-to-hold-elections-eu-envoy\" class=\"read-button\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr>\n<h3>Authorities in Warrap condemn Tonj violence<\/h3>\n<p><strong>February 19, 2026 &#8211; The City Review<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Warrap State government strongly condemned recent violent clashes in Tonj South County that resulted in deaths, injuries, and cattle theft. The state described the incident, which left four people dead and seven wounded, as unfortunate and deeply distressing.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cityreviewss.com\/authorities-in-warrap-condemn-tonj-violence\/\" class=\"read-button\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr>\n<h3>South Sudan: Extend UN Investigations, Stand Ready to Respond to Any Further Deterioration of the Human Rights Situation<\/h3>\n<p><strong>February 19, 2026 &#8211; Human Rights Watch<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A coalition of NGOs, including Human Rights Watch, urged UN member states to support a strong resolution extending investigations into South Sudan&#8217;s human rights situation. The call comes ahead of the 61st session of the UN Human Rights Council.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2026\/02\/19\/south-sudan-extend-un-investigations-stand-ready-to-respond-to-any-further\" class=\"read-button\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr>\n<h3>UNMISS peacekeepers assess evolving security situation in Eastern Equatoria during four-day patrol<\/h3>\n<p><strong>February 18, 2026 &#8211; UNMISS News<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Sixty UNMISS peacekeepers conducted a challenging four-day patrol from Juba to Torit to assess the security situation and engage with communities affected by recent clashes in Narus that caused civilian casualties and displacement.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/unmiss.unmissions.org\/en\/news\/unmiss-peacekeepers-assess-evolving-security-situation-eastern-equatoria-during-four\" class=\"read-button\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr>\n<h3>SSPDF moves \u2018captured\u2019 SPLA-IO combat tank to Juba<\/h3>\n<p><strong>February 16, 2026 &#8211; Sudans&#8217; Post<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The SSPDF has moved a tank, claimed to be captured from opposition forces in northern Jonglei, to its headquarters in Juba. The army showcased the &#8220;iconic main battle tank&#8221; as tangible proof of its recent operations in contested areas.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sudanspost.com\/sspdf-moves-captured-spla-io-combat-tank-to-juba\/\" class=\"read-button\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Q&#038;A: \u2018Ongoing violence must end for South Sudan to hold elections\u2019-EU Envoy February 19, 2026 &#8211; Radio Tamazuj The head of the EU Delegation to South Sudan stated in an exclusive interview that for credible elections to be held, the conflict must stop. He emphasized the need for inclusive dialogue, an agreed electoral framework, and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7424,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7450","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-4"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/africansecuritynetwork.org\/HSGO4\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7450","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/africansecuritynetwork.org\/HSGO4\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/africansecuritynetwork.org\/HSGO4\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africansecuritynetwork.org\/HSGO4\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africansecuritynetwork.org\/HSGO4\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7450"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/africansecuritynetwork.org\/HSGO4\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7450\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7451,"href":"https:\/\/africansecuritynetwork.org\/HSGO4\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7450\/revisions\/7451"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africansecuritynetwork.org\/HSGO4\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7424"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/africansecuritynetwork.org\/HSGO4\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7450"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africansecuritynetwork.org\/HSGO4\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7450"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africansecuritynetwork.org\/HSGO4\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7450"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}