UK goes beyond UN to say South Sudan violence ‘is now genocide’

‘Priti Patel says there are ‘massacres taking place, people’s throats being slit’

The violence in South Sudan is now genocide that is being perpetrated along tribal lines, International Development Secretary Priti Patel has said.
She said there are “massacres taking place, people’s throats being slit”, and urged foreign leaders to do more to force the country’s government to end the conflict in which tens of thousands of people have been killed.

Ms Patel, who visited South Sudan this week, said there is a “scorched earth policy”, and described the situation as “absolutely abhorrent and inhumane”.’
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