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380,000 people displaced by floods and violence in South Sudan: UN

South Sudan floods.

Women carry their belongings inside the Protection of Civilians (PoC) site in Malakal, South Sudan, on June 14, 2016. PHOTO | AFP

By  Garang Malak

Nation Media Group

Juba,

At least 380,000 people from six states in South Sudan have been displaced by flash floods and numerous waves of inter-communal clashes, according to the United Nations Office of the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA).

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