US Orders Its Non-Emergency Personnel to Leave South Sudan

A South Sudanese military police officer sits on a pickup truck while monitoring the area as troops belonging to the South Sudanese Unified Forces take part in a deployment ceremony at the Luri Military Training Centre in Juba, on Nov. 15, 2023. Peter Louis Gume/AFP via Getty Images

WASHINGTON—The United States has ordered its non-emergency government personnel in South Sudan to leave the country because of security concerns, the State Department said on Sunday.

“Armed conflict is ongoing and includes fighting between various political and ethnic groups. Weapons are readily available to the population,” the State Department said.