Wednesday, July 17, 2013

The Bloodshed Continues In South Sudan


Scores Killed, Wounded in Jonglei Unrest: Reports -- Voice of America

BOR, SOUTH SUDAN — Inter-ethnic clashes in the east of Jonglei state have claimed scores of lives, wounded fighters from the Lou Nuer and Murle communities have said as they sought medical care in Bor, the capital of the state.

Humanitarian agencies and the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) have been unable to confirm the casualty figures, but the head of mission for Doctors without Borders (MSF), Raphael Gorgeu, said an MSF hospital in Bor was treating 144 people, most of whom had firearm injuries and 28 of whom required surgery.

Chuol Dak Ruach, a member of the Lou Nuer community who took part in the fighting last week with the Murle, gave a chilling description of the clashes, which pitted Lou Nuer against Murle.

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More News On The Violent Unrest In South Sudan

South Sudan Tribal Clashes Wound At Least 200, Army Deployed To Quell Insurgency -- Huffington Post/AP
Broken Bodies, but Still Bloodlust, in South Sudan Hospital -- Voice of America
Wounded gunmen crowd South Sudan hospital -- FOX News/AFP
Fighting in South Sudan Forces Thousands Into Bush -- Voice of America/Reuters
No smoke without fire: grim signs of war in S. Sudan -- FOX News/AFP
Alarm over child fighters in South Sudan -- Africa Review
South Sudan: UN Worries Over South Sudan's Jonglei Clashes -- allAfrica.com/Deutsche Welle
South Sudan: UN, partners reach stranded civilians in Jonglei amidst more violence -- UN News Centre
New returnees in South Sudan living on the margins -- IRIN

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