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South Sudan: Civilians Killed As Fighting Intensifies
DW, 20 May 2015
The UN has said that four civilians were killed during fighting between South Sudanese rebels and soldiers. The deaths come during a particular spike in civil war violence in South… Read more »
Heavy Fighting Around UN Base in South Sudan
Four civilians including a woman and a child were killed when artillery struck a UN Mission base in Melut, Upper Nile State.
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