United Nations, Sep 10 : The bloody fighting between two groups of fighters in the South Sudan’s Upper Nile state has prompted thousands of people to flee their homes and provoked violence in camps for refugees according to the UN spokesperson said. “This latest conflict has led to the death of civilians as well as injuries, and more displacements,” Xinhua news agency quoted Stephane Dujarric, the chief spokesperson of UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres, as saying.
“Up as 5,000 to 5,000 people been forced to flee to (Adidiang) in the month of October due to fighting between rival armies.”
Many civilians fleeing the violence on canoes and boats were reported to have drowned, Dujarric said.
UN peacekeepers raced to save civilians drowning and to ensure the safety of the population.
He said that the UN peacekeeping mission, also known as UNMISS said the attack as having led to inter-communal fighting between internally displaced persons of various communities in the UN site that was set up to safeguard civilians.
The spokesperson stated that the UN humanitarian coordinator for South Sudan, Sara Beysolow Nyanti, said that “the UN and our partners will continue to support those in need to the highest of their abilities, however we must see an immediate end to fighting as well as a conclusion to the war”.
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