March 2, 2026 7:35 PM
Attack in South Sudan’s Ruweng area death toll rises to 169
The death toll from an attack by a group of unidentified men in a town in South Sudan's Ruweng Administrative Area on Sunday has risen to 169 people from an earlier estimate of 122, the area's information minister said on Monday. Violence in the country has increased in recent months as political infighting threatens a fragile 2018 peace deal. The latest attack took place in Abiemnhom in Ruweng, when youth from Mayom County in neighbouring Unity State stormed the town and fought for more than ...