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South Sudan Fighting Displaces 100,000 People – UN // Combats Du Sud-Soudan Déplace 100 000Personnes – ONU

An internally displaced girl carries firewood in Ganyiel village of Panyijar County of Unity State on March 21, 2015
At least 1.5 million people have been displaced in South Sudan since fighting started in 2013, the UN says

Close to 100,000 people have been displaced by renewed fighting in South Sudan in the last week, the United Nations has warned.

Fighting first broke out in December 2013, when President Salva Kiir accused his former deputy Riek Machar of attempting a coup, which he denies.

The UN’s aid chief in South Sudan, Toby Lanzer, said the conflict had now resumed in the oil-rich Unity state.

Areas around the regional capital, Bentiu, were worst-hit, he said.

Mr Lanzer added that the fighting was taking place at the peak of planting season, when people need to move around the region to help make a living.

Mr Kiir and Mr Machar signed a ceasefire deal in January this year, but violence has continued in parts of the country.

The UN estimated 10,000 people have been killed and another 1.5 million displaced since the conflict began.

Mr Kiir’s term as president ends in July, four years after South Sudan gained independence to become the world’s newest country.

Map of South Sudan showing Unity State and Bentiu

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