N. Liech attack death toll rises Hellen Achayo | September 19, 2017 | 2:05 pm SPLA soldiers on patrol. File photo
The Minister of Information in Northern Liech says the death toll of the fighting between the SPLA and opposition forces in the area has risen to 25. On Monday, officials said they had recovered 15 bodies, but expressed fears that the number could go up. The fighting took place in Nhial Dieu County on Monday morning. Information Minister Lam Tungwar says some of the civilians were killed in the crossfire. Eye Radio was unable to contact the opposition leaders for comment. International and regional leaders have called for an end to the conflict in South Sudan. Over a million South Sudanese refugees have fled to the neighboring countries, with Uganda alone hosting 1 million. More than 417,000 South Sudanese refugees are sheltering in Sudan since conflict broke out in December 2013, according to the UN Refugee Agency. -- To post to this group, send email to southsudankob@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to southsudankob+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/d/forum/southsudankob View this message at https://groups.google.com/d/msg/southsudankob/topic-id/message-id For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "South Sudan Info - The Kob" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to southsudankob+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to SouthSudanKob@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/SouthSudanKob. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/SouthSudanKob/CAJb14orgnYH6bxizXBX4V1FHhdt5grkvFfrXr%3DHcXgo034Mvtg%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.