(BBC) South Sudan: Upper Nile cattle battle kills scores

An estimated 100 people have been killed in South Sudan in the latest of a series of ethnic clashes and cattle raids, officials say.

Jonglei state Law Enforcement Minister Gabriel Duop Lam told the BBC that at least 200 people had been injured.

The BBC’s James Copnall, in Khartoum, says these figures suggest the attacks were on a very large scale.

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