UN mission records spike in number of victims of conflict in South Sudan

JUBA, March 17 (Xinhua) -- The UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) said on Friday that it documented 3,469 civilian victims of conflict in South Sudan in 2022, an increase of two percent from 2021.

In a report on violence affecting civilians released in Juba, the capital of South Sudan, the UNMISS said that most of the victims were either killed or injured, abducted, and others were victims of conflict-related sexual violence.