Displaced South Sudanese appeal to UN to urgently send more troops

An internally-displaced person (IDP) carries goods on her head while navigating between crowds and UN peacekeepers on September 3, 2016 during a security zone barrier for the UNSC high delegation visit at an UN IDP camp in Juba. (Photo: AFP)

Juba: Displaced civilians and religious leaders in war-torn South Sudan appealed to the U.N. Security Council on Saturday to urgently deploy extra foreign troops as government ministers questioned whether more peacekeepers were needed in the capital, Juba.

The 15-member council met with President Salva Kiir's cabinet, religious and civil society leaders and visited two U.N. compounds in Juba where tens of thousands of civilians have been sheltering amid nearly three years of violence.