JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — South Sudanese government soldiers raped dozens of ethnic Nuer women and girls last week just outside a United Nations camp where they had sought protection from renewed fighting, and at least two died from their injuries, witnesses and civilian leaders said. The rapes in the capital of Juba highlighted two persistent problems in the chaotic country engulfed by civil war: targeted ethnic violence and the reluctance by U.N.
Witnesses Say South Sudan Soldiers Raped Dozens Near Un Camp
By JASON PATINKIN, Associated Press, San Antonio Express-News: World
Wed, 07/27/2016 - 2:10am
Topics: south sudan ap south sudanese nuer united nations on july riek machar ap checkpoint the protection cluster hospitals witnesses juba ap south sudan juba july u.n the south sudan camp civilians war armed peacekeepers women week woman reported civil violence began ethnic government men cases aid workers food
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