UN Decries 'Horrendous Human Rights Violations' in South Sudan

The U.N. human rights office says South Sudan's government has operated a "scorched earth policy" of killing, raping and looting civilians as it fights rebels in the country's civil war. A new report released Friday says all parties in the conflict have committed serious and systematic violence against civilians, but says state actors bore the greatest responsibility during 2015 as opposition forces grew weaker. The report describes a multitude of human rights...

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