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Conflict in South Sudan and Sudan border leaves 24 dead

South Sudan displaced.

South Sudanese displaced by civil war at a United Nations compound in Juba in a past photo. PHOTO | FILE

By  DAVID MAYEN

Juba,

At least 24 people have been killed in the last few days following clashes between Messiraya nomads from Sudan and residents of Aweil East County of Northern Bahr-el-Ghazal State of South Sudan, the state’s Information Minister confirmed on Wednesday.

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