2023 Malakal refugee camp clashes
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| 2023 Malakal refugee camp clashes | |||||||
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| Part of Ethnic violence in South Sudan | |||||||
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| Nuer militias | Shilluk militias | ||||||
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20 civilians killed 20+ injured Hundreds to thousands displaced | |||||||
On June 8, 2023, clashes broke out at a UNMISS-run refugee camp in Malakal, South Sudan between two different groups of civilians. At least 13 civilians were killed and 20 more were injured in the clashes.
Malakal is home to a United Nations-run refugee camp that houses at least 50,000 people displaced during the South Sudanese Civil War and subsequent ethnic conflicts. After the war in Sudan broke out on April 15, 2023, another 25,000 people sought refuge at the camp.[1] Clashes over limited resources between different armed groups, usually from different ethnic groups, have occurred before like in 2016, when 18 people were killed at the camp.[2] Nuer and Shilluk refugees are the dominant ethnic groups displaced to Malakal, and they settle in the camp while Dinka settle in the city of Malakal. There are few resources at the very crowded camp.[3]