UN reports 35 percent increase in people affected by South Sudan violence

South Sudanese who fled from Sudan sit outside a nutrition clinic at a transit centre in Renk, South Sudan [File: Sam Mednick/AP Photo]

The number of people affected by violence in South Sudan surged by 35 percent in the last three months of 2023 due to intercommunal conflict, the United Nations has said.

The UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) documented 233 incidents of violence affecting 862 people. In a report released on Monday, it said 406 people were killed, 293 were injured, 100 were abducted and 63 were subjected to conflict-related sexual violence.