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8:26 CAT | 28 Apr 2022
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Horrific testimonies are emerging from South Sudan of people being beheaded, gang raped and burned alive following days of violence in Unity State.
At least 40,000 have fled their homes because of the inter-communal clashes blamed on cattle raiding and ethnic tensions.
Cattle were stolen during attacks and houses, humanitarian facilities and warehouses looted and burned to the ground.
Dozens of women reported being gang raped while others watched their families being beheaded or burnt alive.
Many of those affected had already lost their homes, livestock and property to floods that have swept across the country.
The UN has condemned the spike in attacks and urged the government to investigate the violence
It is feared it could threaten South Sudan’s fragile peace deal between President Salva Kiir and his former rival Vice-President Riek Machar.
Nearly seven million people are in urgent need of food aid, but a humanitarian appeal for more than $1.7bn (£1.4bn) in assistance remains hugely underfunded.
Source: BBC
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