South Sudan's Government Accuses Opposition of Hospital Deaths

Officials in South Sudan have accused anti-government forces of killing 127 hospital patients in Bor, a strategic town that has changed hands several times since fighting erupted in mid-December.The government on Wednesday said the patients were killed during a December attack by forces loyal to former vice president Riek Machar. Opposition representative Hussein Mar Nyot denied the accusations. In a VOA interview, he said the government has been issuing "propaganda" and making...

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