Horrific Sexual Violence in South Sudan, UN Envoy Says

Women and children in South Sudan have been the victims of horrific sexual violence since the country plunged into conflict 10 months ago, the UN Secretary General’s Special Envoy on Sexual Violence in Conflict, Zainab Bangura, said after a week-long visit. "In all my life and experience of nearly 30 years in public service and in the UN and as a government minister, I have never seen what I have seen today,” Bangura said after visiting a U.N. camp in Bentiu last week, where...

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