UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The conflict in South Sudan has quickly degenerated into ethnic violence and there is a risk the fighting could spiral into genocide, Adama Dieng, the United Nations' special adviser on prevention of genocide, said on Friday.
"In the current situation, we see elements that we could categorize as risk factors of genocide and other atrocity crimes," Dieng told the U.N. Security Council.
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