South Sudan Civil War Toll Is Estimated At 382,900

Rebel fighters hold up their rifles as they walk in front of a bushfire in a rebel-controlled territory in Upper Nile State, South Sudan, file. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic

Daily Nation: South Sudan civil war toll estimated at 382,900

A newly published study funded through the US State Department estimates that at least 382,900 South Sudanese have died as a result of the country's five-year civil war.

That finding far exceeds previous estimates of South Sudan's death toll, with the United Nations, for example, reporting in 2016 that the conflict had killed about 50,000 people.

Fatalities in the range of 400,000 South Sudanese the country's civil war are comparable to the 510,000 deaths attributed to the fighting in Syria.

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Update #1: New report estimates 380K have died in South Sudan civil war (The Hill)
Update #2: A new report estimates that more than 380,000 people have died in South Sudan’s civil war (Washington Post)
Update #3: Study estimates 190,000 people killed in South Sudan's civil war (Reuters)

WNU Editor: The current peace deal has its skeptics .... Another Hollow Peace Deal Signed in South Sudan (Adam Valavanis, Council on Foreign Relations).