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UN cites evidence of rebel abuses in S. Sudan

Internally displaced people carry water from outside as they walk toward the entrance of a United Nations Mission in the Republic of South Sudan base in Malakal on February 6, 2014.Photo: AFP

United Nations: The UN Mission in South Sudan said Friday it had evidence that rebel forces had murdered civilians, including children, in the key oil hub of Malakal.

South Sudan's army and rebels have traded accusations over new atrocities reported to have been committed during heavy fighting in Malakal, in defiance of a ceasefire signed in neighbouring Ethiopia on January 23.

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