The UN headquarters in New York 21 February 2014 (UN) – A new United Nations report released today outlines the human rights abuses committed by both sides in the conflict that erupted in South Sudan at the end of last year, including rapes, mass killings and torture, and warned that civilians in the world’s youngest…
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South Sudan: gross human right violation in the U.N. base
By Katy Migiro, Thomson Reuters Foundation UN reports deaths, rape and torture in and around Malakal camp. Credit: UN/Isaac Billy February 21, 2014 [NAIROBI] – Fleeing civilians saw hospital patients raped in South Sudan’s main oil-producing region amid renewed fighting this week, while those seeking sanctuary at a U.N. base butchered each other with machetes,…
South Sudan Evacuating Foreign Workers From Oil-Rich State
By Mading Ngor Oil fields in South Sudan(reuters) February 21, 2014[Nairobi] — South Sudan is trying to evacuate foreign oil workers from its Upper Nile region after fighting erupted between the army and rebel fighters in the state capital three days ago, a government official said. The state government told companies to shut down production…
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