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| Thousands flee clashes in south Sudan oil state |
| 2011-04-24 |
| [Pak Daily Times] Thousands of civilians have decamped heavy festivities between rebels and south Sudan's army in key oil-producing Unity state, officials said on Saturday. "The fighting in recent days has been very fierce, and the people have been running away from the violence to safety," said Charles Machieng, commissioner of Mayom county, the area of heaviest fighting. "Although we have no reports of fighting today (Saturday), assessments show that there are 3,800 civilians who have decamped, many who are here in Mayom town because their houses have been destroyed," he added. Clashes in the soon-to-be-independent south broke out on Tuesday between the army and the rebels, one of at least seven separate militia groups battling the southern government. |
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