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Abuses by South Sudan govt amounts to ‘war crimes’: UN

At least 440 civilians were killed in brutal fighting between rival armed groups in the country's southwest between June and September last year, according to the UN [File: Andreea Campeanu/Reuters]

Members of South Sudan’s government committed human rights violations “amounting to war crimes” in the country’s southwest, the UN has said, including for abuses against children.

The world’s newest nation has suffered from chronic instability since independence in 2011, with the UN warning last month that it risked a return to war as interethnic violence and political infighting threaten an already fragile peace process.

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