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Horror of Hangings, Drownings and Rape Traumatize South Sudan's Children

Many South Sudanese child refugees arriving in Uganda are too traumatized to speak and do not know whether their parents are dead or alive, the charity Save the Children said on Tuesday. Thousands of South Sudanese are arriving each day in Uganda, which has received more than 700,000 refugees from its famine-stricken neighbor since war erupted there in December 2013. "I've seen children tied to their dead mother and thrown in the river – soldiers have been doing this a...

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