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muriel_volestrangler

(101,310 posts)
Tue Jul 10, 2018, 12:25 PM Jul 2018

South Sudan government atrocities may constitute war crimes, UN says

Horrific accounts of gang rape, throats being slit and mass shootings in South Sudan are described in the latest United Nations report on the country.

It blames the violence in Unity state on government and allied forces.
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Leaders signed a ceasefire deal in June aimed at ending the five-year civil war. Millions have been forced to flee as a result of the fighting.

Tens of thousands of people have been killed.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-44777756
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