UN: South Sudan Death Toll Estimated at 400

Hospitals in South Sudan have told the United Nations that days of fighting in the country's capital have killed at least 400 people and wounded 800 others. U.N. peacekeeping chief Herve Ladsous reported the estimate Tuesday in a briefing to the Security Council, but noted that the U.N. had not been able to verify the toll. In a statement late Tuesday, the council expressed concern about the risk of violence targeting certain groups and called for South Sudan's government to...

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