Multiple Nuer women said soldiers threatened them because of their ethnicity or accused them of being allied with Machar. He said, ‘If I kill you now, you Nuer woman, do you think there is anything that can happen to me?’” one woman said. In the latest clashes in Juba, residents of the UN camp accused peacekeepers of running away when the camp was shelled. JUBA, SOUTH SUDAN—South Sudanese government soldiers raped dozens of ethnic Nuer women and girls last week just outside a United Nations camp where they had sought protection from renewed fighting, and at least two died from their injuries, witnesses and civilian leaders said. “When the UN is moving, (the government soldiers) just stop the women and tell them to sit down,” she said.

Source: thestar July 27, 2016 20:15 UTC