S.Sudanese refugees flee to Uganda after attacks in Pajok
14 April 2017 |
8:05 am
Refugees from South Sudan cross the border into Uganda, after fleeing the town of Pajok, an ethnic Acholi agricultural and trading community which pro-government forces attacked on Monday 3 April, killing at least 85 people, according to witnesses.
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