UN deploys more peacekeepers amid fresh South Sudan communal clashes
Civilians arrive to a shelter at the United Nations Mission in the Republic of South Sudan (UNMISS) compound on the outskirts of Juba, South Sudan on December 17, 2013. PHOTO | REUTERS
The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) said on Tuesday that it deployed additional peacekeepers and launched urgent patrols, following fresh outbreaks of intercommunal violence in Western Equatoria and Eastern Equatoria states.
This came after armed Murle youth from the Greater Pibor Administrative Area (GPAA) on April 26 attacked Kapoeta East County of Eastern Equatoria State, resulting in the deaths of civilians, abduction of women and children, and mass displacement of vulnerable communities.
