South Sudan: Former Security Official Flees Amid Safety Fears

20 January 2015

Kampala — A member of South Sudan's National Security Service (NSS) says she was forced to flee the country over threats made to her personal safety by colleagues after she witnessed atrocities against civilians following the outbreak of violence in December 2013.

The South Sudanese official who spoke on condition of anonymity told Sudan Tribune that the agency had been monitored her activities due to her knowledge of ethnic killings that are alleged to have taken place in the capital, Juba, between 16 and 19 December 2013.

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