South Sudan Sees 'Mass Ethnic Killings' -- BBC
New evidence is emerging of alleged ethnic killings committed during more than a week of fighting in South Sudan.
The violence follows a power struggle between President Salva Kiir, a Dinka, and his Nuer ex-deputy Riek Machar.
A reporter in the capital, Juba, quoted witnesses as saying more than 200 people, mostly ethnic Nuers, had been shot by security forces.
The UN says it has discovered a mass grave in Bentiu in the oil-rich Unity State, containing about 75 bodies.
"There are reportedly at least two other mass graves in Juba," UN human rights chief Navi Pillay said in a statement.
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AFRICA
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EUROPE
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