A new report of Amnesty International says South Sudanese survivors of the recent civil war continue to experience mental pain without healthcare services.
The new report entitled ”Our Hearts Have Gone Dark’: The Mental Health Impact of South Sudan’s Conflict’ says mass killings, rape, torture, abductions and forced eating of human flesh cause depression and nightmares.
Muthoni Wanyeki, Amnesty International’s Regional Director for East Africa says traumatized survivors must be treated and given appropriate compensation.
161 survivors and witnesses interviewed say there is lack of mental health services across the country.
One survivor of December 2013 massacre says sometimes he dreams that he died with 300 others killed in Gudele, only to wake up sweating and trembling, the Amnesty report discloses.
Another survivor says he was discovered among dead bodies and forced to drink blood and eat flesh of the dead, the report adds.