The UN fears the Civil War when barrel bombs fell into the Alto Nilo

The barrel bombs that are believed to contain a highly flammable liquid have been used in air attacks in South Sudan, since intensified violence leads to the newest country in the world to the edge of another civil war, said the UN.

The comments of Nicholas Haysom, head of the UN mission in South Sudan, follow the recent struggle between the army and a rebel militia, known as the White Army, in a military base in the northern city of Nasir in the state of the Nile high rich in oil.

Since the White Army invaded the base, there had been a persistent air bombardment causing “significant casualties and horrible burns,” he said.

“A conflict would erase all the profits won with force that was signed since the 2018 Peace Agreement was signed,” he warned.

“Devasta not only Sudan from the south but the entire region, which simply cannot afford another war,” Mr. Haysom said.

The government has not responded to the accusations of Barrel Bomb.

President Salva Kiir and his rival vice president, Riek Machar, agreed in August 2018 to end a five -year civil war that killed almost 400,000 people.

But in the last seven years, its relationship has become increasingly tense amid ethnic tensions and sporadic violence.

In early March, several of Machar’s most important allies were arrested by security forces, which their allies called a “serious violation” of the peace agreement.

This followed the clashes between the Army and the White Army, which he fought with Machar during the civil war that exploded in 2013, shortly after the country had won its Independence from Sudan.

“In retaliation, communities in Alto Nilo are being subjected to persistent air bombardment using devices, barrel pumps, supposedly that contains a highly flammable liquid that acts as an accelerator in the explosion,” said Haysom.

“These indiscriminate attacks against civilians are causing significant victims and horrible wounds, especially burns.”

Such accusations were made for the first time last week by local leaders in Alto Nilo.

James Gatuak Lew, Nasir County Commissioner, told the BBC that the state forces and his allies had carried out “chemical bombing.”

Local media reported that Ethyl acetate, a highly flammable chemical compound, was found in the attack sites.

In a previous interview with the BBC, Edmund Yakani, head of a local non -governmental organization, said he had heard similar reports.

Eye witnesses, including the leaders of the local community and commercial informants, had told the Empowerment Organization for the Progress of their Community (CEPO) about the use of “unusual weapons,” he said.

Government spokesman Michael Makuei confirmed that there had been a military operation in Alto Nilo last week, insisting on “the bombing was strictly against the positions of the white army and did not damage civilians.”

But Mr. Haysom said that civilians, including women and children, had been very affected, with an estimated 63,000 people forced to flee their homes.

He added that this violence intensified as the country approached the elections, which was expected next year.

“Uninforts discourse, misinformation and unbridled hate is also increasing tensions and promoting ethnic divisions, and fear,” he said.

The UN mission, which supervises an estimate of 18,000 peace forces in South Sudan, was involved in an intense transforder diplomacy to try to avoid a return to the civil war, Haysom added.

Meanwhile, Machar has accused the neighbor Uganda to violate the UN ARMS embargo on South Sudan conducting air attacks in the country.

In a letter seen by the Reuters news agency and aimed at the UN, the African Union and the IGAD regional bloc, Machar said that Uganda’s military intervention in South Sudan had violated the peace agreement.

“The Ugandesa forces are currently participating in air attacks against civilians in the counties of Nasir, Longechuk and Ulang in the state of Alto Nilo, and Akobo County in the state of Jonglei,” he said.

Earlier this month, Uganda said he had deployed troops in South Sudan at the request of President Kiir’s government, although Juba has denied it.

Additional Ashley Lime reports of the BBC and Akisa Wandra.