The United Nations has condemned a series of brutal sexual assaults on one hundred and twenty-five women and girls, traveling on the road to Bentiu, a town in the north of the war-ravaged South Sudan.
David Shearer, the head of UNMISS, termed the attacks “absolutely abhorrent” and demanded that they must stop.
The victims, who were on their way to the town near the Sudanese border, were also robbed and beaten, according to the UN peacekeeping mission in the country.
Now in its seventh year of existence, South Sudan, the world’s youngest nation, has remained mired in instability and conflict, which has displaced millions from their homes.
Earlier in 2018, President Salva Kiir and former Vice-President Riek Machar signed a new peace deal, and hopes are high that this will finally end the years of brutal conflict which have left millions homeless and hungry.
