UNITED NATIONS, Jumada I 10, 1437, February 19, 2016, SPA -- South Sudan's warring government and opposition are killing, abducting, and displacing civilians and destroying property despite conciliatory rhetoric by both sides, the United Nations said on Friday, according to Reuters. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is due to travel to South Sudan's capital Juba next Thursday to meet with President Salva Kiir. A political dispute between Kiir and his former deputy Riek Machar two years ago sparked a civil war and renewed hostilities between Kiir's Dinka and Machar's Nuer people. More than 10,000 people have been killed. After months of ineffective negotiations and failed ceasefires, both sides agreed in January to share positions in a transitional government and earlier this month Kiir re-appointed Machar to his former post as vice president. "It cannot be tolerated that leaders make declarations in Juba, while the hostilities and attacks on the civilian population continue and intensify across the country," said U.N. Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights Ivan Simonovic. He told the U.N. Security Council that the conflict threatens stability in the entire region. --SPA 22:14 LOCAL TIME 19:14 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w