Security Council LIVE: South Sudan’s first elections loom amid rising violence

The Security Council meeting on the situation in the Sudan and South Sudan. On the screens are Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete, the African Union’s High Representative for the Horn of Africa and the Red Sea.

With South Sudan just six weeks away from its first national elections since independence, the Security Council meets in New York Tuesday amid deepening political uncertainty and worsening violence. Ambassadors are expected to press for an inclusive process and credible polls, while civilians bear the brunt of fighting, hunger and displacement.

2.5 million people face emergency hunger, and 73,300 face catastrophe

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