Thousands Flee as South Sudan Violence Intensifies

The United Nations refugee agency reports thousands of people in South Sudan’s Western Equatoria State are fleeing from growing violence and criminality.  The outflow adds to the already huge problem of displacement both inside and outside this conflict-ridden country. The UNHCR calls the violence between armed groups and government forces in Western Equatoria State particularly alarming because the region, until now, has been relatively stable. South Sudan’s two-year-long civil...

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