Dinkas and Nuers, part of the wider Sudanese nomadic conflicts

According to a 2018 report, around 400,000 people have lost their lives since December 2013; in addition, 4.5 million people have been displaced. Kensiya Kennedy and Keshav Basotia, “The Internal Displacement of People in South Sudan,” E-International Relations (29 June 2021), https://www.e-ir.info/2021/06/29/the-internal-displacement-of-people-in-south-sudan/

A surge in violence caused more than 56,000 civilians to become displaced within South Sudan (Kennedy and Basotia, op. cit.).

Between 80,000 and 120,000 people have reportedly been displaced by the conflict, with thousands fleeing to neighboring Bahr el-Ghazal state and Ezo County. ”South Sudan plagued by violence and corruption, Human Rights Council hears,” UN News (23 September 2021), https://news.un.org/en/story/2021/09/1100932.

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