Officials: Peace Deal and Government Soldiers

officials: The United Nations must send peacekeepers to Yei to protect civilians from President Salva Kiir's forces, who are burning villages and slaughtering men, women and children, they argued, according to Toronto Star. And the U.S. needs to change its approach in the face of a potential genocide, they warned. But when a national peace deal broke down and government soldiers ransacked the area, a handful of UN and U.S. officials begged their leaders for help. The pleas of officials and residents fell on deaf ears. The investigation is based on more than 30 internal or confidential documents from the UN, White House or State Department, and dozens of interviews with current or former officials and civilians. The UN did not send peacekeeping troops to stay in Yei, and the U.S. continued to support South Sudan's military, possibly in violation of U.S. law, an AP investigation found. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.