New Dynamics in South Sudan Crisis: SSPDF Accused of War Crimes for using Chemical Weapons on Civilians in Lankien
Press Statement
For Immediate Release
December 29, 2025
Heinous Chemical Attack on Civilians in Lankien: SSPDF Accused of War Crimes—International Action Urgently Needed
South Sudan crisis worsen as dynamics changes. On the 29th December, 2025 a tragic atrocity befell yet another South Sudanese community as eyewitnesses and credible local sources confirm that a helicopter gunship, operated by tribal and genocidal forces loyal to the Juba regime, unleashed a catastrophic assault on unarmed civilians in Lankien. Unlike previous and conventional attacks, this operation reportedly carried out using banned weapons of mass destruction, including chemical agents such as nerve gas, mustard gas, and chlorine. These deadly substances are internationally barred, and their use against civilian populations is a grave breach of international humanitarian law and the Chemical Weapons Convention. Hence, this tragic atrocity worsen humanitarian crisis and call for urgent intervention.
While the SSPDF routinely avoids confronting SPLA/IO military positions, instead, they have turned their stockpiles of terror inward targeting densely populated residential neighborhoods. Thus they indiscriminately bombing raids dropped chemical-laden barrels on homes, markets, and even schools, exacting a horrific toll on innocent lives, especially the most vulnerable, women and children. Read more