UN Chief 'Alarmed' by Rising Deaths in South Sudan

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is expressing alarm at the rising number of people being killed or forced from their homes by the fighting in South Sudan.   In a statement late Tuesday, Ban's spokesman said the U.N. chief also condemned both government troops and rebels for taking vehicles and food stocks from humanitarian groups.   The U.N. announced on Tuesday that the number of people displaced by a month of fighting has reached nearly 500,000, including...

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