Hundreds killed in inter-communal clashes in South Sudan
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Hundreds killed in inter-communal clashes in South Sudan

Al Jazeera  

An MSF staffer and two other aid workers were also killed in the violence over the weekend in the Jonglei state. At least 287 people, including a Doctors Without Borders staff member and two other aid workers, have been killed in the most recent spat of inter-communal violence in the eastern state of Jonglei in South Sudan, government authorities have told Al Jazeera. The UN Humanitarian Coordinator in South Sudan said two other aid workers for other groups were also killed. “We have a primary healthcare centre in the town of Pieri that was active at the time the fighting broke out,” Steve MacKay, the deputy head of the MSF mission in South Sudan said. While political violence has calmed in the country since that agreement, the lack of state governors has created a “vacuum of power” that fosters the inter-communal violence, David Shearer, the UN Special Representative to South Sudan told Al Jazeera.

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