South Sudan's war: a relentless litany of almost unimaginable horrors

A report laying bare the abominations associated with conflict in the world’s youngest state will shock the most hardened observer

There are wars that seem to slip under the wire almost unnoticed – where human rights abuses are rife and you would expect them to command far greater global attention.

Last week’s UN report into South Sudan is a case in point. An almost endless litany of human rights abuses, its 200-plus pages make for the most dismal reading, a portrait of the world’s youngest state as one of the latest additions to the category of failed state.

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