Some 200 young warriors wounded in the current violence in Pibor County were taken to Manyabol and Bor for treatment.
UN’s Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in South Sudan Toby Lanzer issued a statement on Sunday saying that ‘some 200 casualties have arrived in Manyabol and are being attended to by the UN Mission in South Sudan.’
He added that the more critical cases were evacuated by the UN Humanitarian Air Service and the World Health Organization to Pibor.
Mr Lanzer called ‘on the government of South Sudan, national, local and traditional leaders of all communities in Jonglei urgently to halt the cycle of violence that is leading to senseless loss of life and suffering amongst civilians.’
He urged the parties involved in violence to allow aid organizations continue to access civilians in need throughout the state.