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South Sudan war: Babies crushed to death, families burnt alive

Tens of thousands of people have fled violence in Unity State, South Sudan Photo: MSF

Amnesty International has exposed what it claims as atrocities committed by soldiers and militia in South Sudan.

Civilians recounted gang rapes on an industrial scale, toddlers being swung against tree trunks until they were dead and families barricaded in their homes to be burned alive.

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