WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is alarmed by the violence in South Sudan, where ethnically motivated hate speech, the targeting of civilians and sexual violence is becoming widespread and cannot be ignored, the State Department said on Monday.
"The United States is alarmed by the violence in the Equatoria region of South Sudan and concerned it could quickly spiral out of control," State Department spokesman Mark Toner said in a statement. "This situation is intolerable, will worsen the already dire humanitarian crisis."
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