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| Fighting in South Sudan cuts off 100,000 people from aid |
| 2013-07-18 |
| [Al Ahram] Fighting between government forces, rebels and rival tribes has cut off 100,000 people from urgently needed food and medical aid in South Sudan's east, U.N. and aid officials said on Wednesday. South Sudan's army is facing a rebellion from local politician David Yau Yau in the vast Jonglei state, and new festivities have broken out between the rival Lou Nuer and Murle tribes. Western powers are worried the violence will escalate into full civil war, undermining stability in the young African country, where weapons are plentiful after decades of conflict with Khartoum that led to its secession from Sudan in 2011. U.N. humanitarian aid chief Valerie Amos said the new fighting made it impossible to supply some 100,000 people in Pibor county in Jonglei State with "life-saving assistance". |
| Posted by:Fred |