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US orders nonemergency government staff to leave South Sudan as tension grows over fighting
Read full article: US orders nonemergency government staff to leave South Sudan as tension grows over fightingThe U.S. State Department has ordered nonemergency government personnel to leave South Sudan’s capital as tension escalates because of fighting in the north.
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UN report: South Sudan's violence 'worse' than in civil war
Read full article: UN report: South Sudan's violence 'worse' than in civil warThe civil war that ended in 2018 killed an estimated nearly 400,000 people, and millions of people are still struggling to recover. There is “no doubt that the coordination is really coming from the top.”A spokesman for South Sudan President Salva Kiir said he needed to read the report before commenting. AdThe violence in South Sudan now is localized and differs from the civil war in that some combatants are not in uniform and community leaders, militias and religious figures are involved, Sooka said. The report comes a year after South Sudan’s unity government was formed, with former armed opposition leader Riek Machar again becoming Kiir’s deputy. ___Maura Ajak in South Sudan contributed.