UN Cites Peacekeeper Failures in S. Sudan Malakal Attack

A United Nations board of inquiry has found that the U.N. peacekeeping mission in South Sudan failed to properly manage a February crisis at a site under its protection, resulting in the deaths of 30 persons and injuries to 123 others. Gunmen attacked the site in Malakal, Upper Nile state, between February 17 and 18 of this year. Nearly 50,000 locally displaced persons from the Dinka, Nuer and Shilluk ethnic groups were sheltering at the base. The board of inquiry found that it was...

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