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UNITED NATIONS --- Intertribal violence hasleft hundreds dead over the
last week in South Sudan, according to the official in charge of the
U.N. mission in that country .
Speaking by video link from Juba, Lise Grande, U.N. Deputy Humanitarian
Coordinator for South Sudan, on Tuesday called the humanitarian
situation in the region "grim," following an attack by members of the
Lou Nuer ethnic group on the Murle tribe. Grande could not confirm the death toll but estimated the number would
be in the "tens, perhaps the hundreds." The two tribes have traded violent attacks over the last several years
that have killed thousands. Grande said the army had succeeded Tuesday
in repelling the attacks with help from U.N. peacekeepers.
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