UNSC asks neighbouring countries for help on South Sudan

Additional peacekeepers were also sought for the task by the council

The United Nations Security Council pressed South Sudan's neighbours to help end renewed fighting in the capital, asking for additional peacekeepers.

In a unanimous declaration yesterday, the council's 15 member countries also demanded that President Salva Kiir and his Vice-President Riek Machar "do their utmost to control their respective forces, urgently end the fighting and prevent the spread of violence, and genuinely commit themselves to the full and immediate implementation of the peace agreement, including the permanent ceasefire and redeployment of military forces from Juba".