Peace monitors call for swift probe into violence in South Sudan. Violence in Upper Nile State and the attack on a UN helicopter led to the death of a UN personnel and dozens of soldiers. The fighting in Nasir, a strategic town, has escalated tensions since March 3, leading to the arrest of senior government and military officials from the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement/Army-In Opposition (SPLM/A-IO) The international community has expressed deep concern over the recent developments in Juba, warning that they threaten the fragile unity government formed under a 2018 peace deal that ended the country’s five-year civil war. The RJMEC urged the unity government to take all necessary actions to de-escalate the situation. It also called on the Joint Defence Board, a vital institution of the2018 peace deal responsible for the command and control of all forces, to diligently exercise its functions and responsibilities over all the organised forces. It urged the National Transitional Committee, a body tasked to oversee the implementation of the 2018peace deal, to expeditiously fast-track the unification and deployment of. all forces to maintain peace throughout the country to avert the recurrence of such incidents in the future.