a year ago, riek machar and salva kiir mayardit we re riek machar and salva kiir mayardit were sitting that would bring about peace. and within days of the meeting, salva kiir mayardit‘s forces were bombing riek machar‘s people and they were on the run on leaving the country. it blew up. who was responsible for that depends on who you speak to. up. who was responsible for that depends on who you speak tom up. who was responsible for that depends on who you speak to. in a senseisit depends on who you speak to. in a sense is it not your duty, as the un's top representative, the special envoy of the un to south sudan, at some point you will have to make some point you will have to make some calls and you say to your boss and to the world that this is the man who is responsible for the methods are sudan is in today. so why don't you tell me right now who you believe carries the responsibility. —— for the situation in south sudan today. responsibility. —— for the situation in south sudan todaylj responsibility. —— for the situation in south sudan today. i think right now we need to be looki

salva kiir mayardit does not really want you and your forces in his country. complicated situation. i think for the government of south sudan, on the one hand, they are proud, they got their independence after a0 years of fighting. the thought that the un needs to be there is a bit of an anathema to them. 0n the other hand, they realise that we are mandated to be here and need to be there. it is a relationship we have to manage carefully. but they also recognise that if the un was not better, there would be tens of thousands of people who would not get food aid, that would not be protected, that would not be able to get water or medical supplies, et cetera. so they need us and we need to work carefully with them at the same time. salva kiir mayardit is at war with his former vice president, the other man who has lived through the liberation struggle and independence of south sudan, riek machar, one representing one particular tribal grouping, that is the dinka, and riek machar represents the other group. everything you are talking to me about is a plaster on a

as you say, president salva kiir won the election and we are talking about president salva kiir frombe and riek machar broke away from the government and is now fighting his former allies. you have very clearly blamed salva kiirfor this. you said on your facebook in december last year, president salva kiir wants to pocket our freedom. i am not going to keep quiet. yes, i actually said that. because what is peace? peace is when there is food on the table for children. when they have school, shelter, medical. it is when conflicts are managed in a mature manner and violence is prevented. the situation that happened, the political situation, it should not come and kill people. it should have been sorted in a political way. now what is happening is that the people in jail are the founding fathers. you are talking about those who are put in jail early last year because salva kirr thought they were plotting against him. it is not tribal. it is used to cover up and get support. this is not a tribal war. it is a battle between one party not wanting to be democratic. the president wanting to s

president salva kiir, who still in power, dismissed his vice president.r hails from the largest of south sudan's ethnic groups. bashar is from the new heir. the civil war began as an ethnic cleansing campaign in the capital after char said he would challenge kiir for the presidency in upcoming elections -- elections that never were held. war'sthen, the civil fractured in many ways and now targets are not only the new h, minorities in the south of the country. all of these other smaller ethnic groups that minorities ie south of the country. are being chased from the country. amy: you begin your piece "ghost nation" by writing -- "in his heart, simon knew he was digging his own grave." tell us who simon is and what his story is. >> i found simon, who is a resident of a, a village in the far south of south sudan, living under a tree -- a large mango tree in uganda. most of his village was chased down after a series of killings for the south sudanese government troops. they caught simon on his way out of town. they forced him to dig a grave, which simon belie

they are escaping civil war back home as president salva kiir takes on his rival, riek machar.rk. but president mu 78 reminded delegates at the fundraising summit that the local communities in uganda and their infrastructure are struggling to cope. despite this the un and government were not able to raise the $2 billion they say they need to support refugees. they only raised about a third of this figure. the un says fundraising will continue beyond this summit and it will make do with the cash it has now. but this will mean limited services for refugees. food rations have already been cut and there is growing pressure on resources like water and firewood. aid agencies and the government are finding it hard to keep up with the growing numbers. catherine byaru hanga, to keep up with the growing numbers. catherine byaruhanga, bbc news, kampala. is always much more on our website and you can get in touch with me and some of the team on social media —— as always. for the time being, thanks for watching bbc news, goodbye. let's see what the weather is up to this weekend and it is lo