Clashes have killed 56 people during four days of fighting in South Sudan's eastern Jonglei state, after youth from the Nuer community attacked another ethnic group, a local official says, with the Nuer making up most of the casualties. Key points: 51 Nuer attackers were killed The fighting remains ongoing Escalations in recent fighting has intensified patrols in the area …
JOHANNESBURG — Hundreds of people have been killed in a new burst of intercommunal violence in South Sudan, the International Committee of the Red Cross said Thursday, with “many more” injured and thousands displaced. The United Nations mission in South Sudan on Wednesday said a patrol of peacekeepers reached the communities in Pieri, in northern Jonglei, to investigate the violence …
