South Sudan promises probe UN claims of girls raped and burnt alive

‘South Sudan’s government is set to investigate claims by the United Nations that its troops raped and burnt girls alive inside their homes during recent fighting in the country’s ongoing civil war.

Earlier this month, rights investigators from the UN mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) said the war in Sudan had seen “new brutality and intensity”, including gang rape, torture, and gruesome murders.

On Sunday, South Sudanese military spokesman Philip Aguer, acknowledged the daunting UN report, saying in a statement to reporters that, “we have read the report and these egregious acts could only have been carried out by egregious individuals. Our army punishes with impunity any acts that deviate from the normal conducts of war.”‘

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