South Sudan: In New Strategy, South Sudan Army Strikes Rebels Where it Hurts: Their Livelihood

Jul 7, 2015 | Jason Patinkin, Christian Science Monitor
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The Sudan People's Liberation Army (SLPA) is accused of starving out tens of thousands of civilians in order to depopulate the armed opposition’s base. This campaign marks a new and potentially more lethal strategy in a conflict already replete with horrific atrocities committed by both sides. Survivors at the UN camp point to systematic and deliberate destruction of their villages, grain stocks, and cattle.