By AFP More by this AuthorAt least 440 civilians died in brutal fighting between rival factions in southwestern South Sudan over just a few months last year, the United Nations said on Tuesday. Between June and September last year, at least 440 civilians were killed in fighting between rival groups in Tambura county, 18 injured and 74 abducted, the report found. "We call on all parties to the conflict to hold to account all individuals implicated in the killings, rape and abductions, among other grave human rights violations," UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet said in a statement. "The perpetrators of such brutal violence against the men, women and children of South Sudan cannot be left to benefit from impunity," she added. "There is a real risk of going back to conflict," Yasmin Sooka, head of the UN Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan, told journalists during a visit to the country last month.

Source: Daily Nation March 02, 2022 23:45 UTC