Report Says Nearly 400,000 'excess Deaths' In South Sudan

By SAM MEDNICK , Associated Press, Times Herald-Record
Wed, 09/26/2018 - 5:39am

JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — South Sudan's civil war has caused nearly 400,000 "excess deaths" since fighting erupted in late 2013, a new report funded by the U.S. State Department said Wednesday after years of uncertainty. The report by the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine estimates that "violent injuries" caused about half of those 382,900 deaths.

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Report Says Nearly 400,000 'excess Deaths' In South Sudan

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