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Asharq Al-Awsat
Asharq Al-Awsat
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Asharq Al-Awsat

30,000 Flee Ethnic Violence in South Sudan, Says UN

Rebel fighters hold up their rifles as they walk, Upper Nile State, South Sudan. File. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic/File Photo

Armed raids in a region of South Sudan plagued by ethnic clashes have forced around 30,000 civilians to flee their homes, the UN's emergency response agency said Thursday as international partners demanded an end to the violence.

On December 24, armed men from Jonglei state, an eastern region beset by gun violence, attacked communities in nearby Greater Pibor Administrative Area, the UN's Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said in a statement.

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