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South Sudan’s army raped then burnt the girls alive inside their homes, a UN rights report said on Tuesday.
The statement said:“Some of the most disturbing allegations… focused on the abduction and sexual abuse of women and girls, some of whom were reportedly burnt alive in their dwellings”
The military, the Sudan People’s Liberation Army (SPLA), launched a major offensive against rebel forces in April, with fierce fighting in Unity state’s northern Mayom district, once a key oil producing area.
The statement added: “Survivors of these attacks reported that SPLA and allied militias from Mayom county carried out a campaign against the local population that killed civilians, looted and destroyed villages and displaced over 100,000 people”