A litany of atrocities

SOUTH Sudan government troops and allied fighters killed at least 232 civilians in a fiveweek period this year, hanging some people from trees and burning others alive, according to a United Nations report.

The report is the latest snapshot of the widespread atrocities committed in the world’s youngest nation during its five-year civil war. It says the “deliberate, ruthless” attacks may be war crimes.

The UN found that at least 120 women and girls were raped or gang-raped between April 16 and May 24. The rape victims included children as young as 4.