At least 169 killed in raid near Sudan border as clashes between government and opposition forces intensify
South Sudan is reeling from an escalating conflict between the government-aligned army and opposition forces and allied groups that observers say risks returning the country to a full-blown civil war.
Violent confrontations in the world’s youngest country between the military, which is loyal to President Salva Kiir, and insurgents believed to be allied to the suspended vice-president, Riek Machar, have increased in recent weeks.
On Sunday, at least 169 people were killed after armed youth from Mayom county in the north raided a village in neighbouring Abiemnom county near the Sudan border.
The victims included including women, children and members of government security forces, said James Monyluak Majok, the information minister for the administrative area of Ruweng, where Abiemnom is located.
