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Amnesty says UN, South Sudan officials failed to prevent village massacre
Al Jazeera EnglishFactual
Amnesty International has accused United Nations peacekeepers and South Sudanese authorities of failing to prevent a massacre that killed over 200 people in Abiemnom, despite possessing prior warnings of the imminent attack. The rights group found that the UN mission delayed reinforcement of its small peacekeeping force until after the March incident, which involved hundreds of armed men shooting residents and burning structures. These findings emerge as South Sudan prepares for December elections that many analysts fear could undermine the country’s fragile peace.
