173 Killed In Sudan Violence Over Four Months -U.N

The United Nations U.N has disclosed that about 173 civilians have been killed in South Sudan during a four-month period of violence while human rights violations are reported committed in Unity State.

As fighting continues in South Sudan, a new UN report released on Tuesday documents 173 civilian deaths over a four-month period along with widespread human rights violations committed without repercussion.

Published jointly by the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) and the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), the document reports gross abuses of international human rights law and serious violations of international humanitarian law in the Unity state.

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The report, which covers the period between February 11 and May 31, is based on 32 verification missions conducted by UNMISS in the three counties of Koch, Leer, and Mayendit as well as in neighboring areas.

The violence and incursions have displaced approximately 44,000 civilians from at least 26 villages.

In addition to those killed, hostilities in southern Unity State have affected at least 28 villages and settlements — with approximately 12 injured, and 37 women and children abducted.

Many abductees were subjected to sexual violence, including girls as young as eight-years-old.