Sudan: Machar Leads Humanitarian Delegation to Scene of Recent Fighting in Jonglei

16 February 2013

Juba — South Sudan's vice-president Riek Machar is heading to Jonglei, the region's largest and most troubled state, to visit communities affected by recent fighting in the area, says his media official.

More than 100 people, mostly women and children from the Lou-Nuer population of Akobo county, died this week after they were intercepted and brutally attacked while on their seasonal migration to water sources in the north of the country.

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