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A government official says 56 people have lost their lives in four days of ethnic clashes in the eastern Jonglei state.
Clashes have killed 56 people
during four days of fighting in South Sudan’s eastern Jonglei
state after youth from the Nuer community attacked another
ethnic group, a local official said, with the Nuer
making up most of the casualties.
The territory of South Sudan, which gained independence from
Sudan in 2011, has been plagued by blood feuds and clashes over
cattle and land for decades.
Armed Nuer youth began attacking the Murle community on December
24 in Gumuruk County and Likuangole County, said Abraham Kelang,
a government official in the Greater Pibor Administrative Area.
“The government is managing to help the communities, but the
fighting is still ongoing,” Kelang told Reuters by telephone on Tuesday.
He said 51 of those killed were Nuer attackers, with only
five Murle defenders killed.
Last week, the United Nations peacekeeping mission (UNMISS)
said armed Nuer youth were being mobilised ahead of a potential
raid against the Murle.
UNMISS said it was monitoring the escalation of tensions and
violence and had intensified patrols in and around affected
areas.
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