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UN condemns Sudan raids

UNITED NATIONS: The UN on Wednesday (Thursday in Manila) strongly condemned recent violence in South Sudan's Warrap State, hitting relief workers and displacing more than 5,000 people. 'Fighting broke out between youth groups in Marial Lou, Tonj North (county), Warrap State on July 8 and continued into the next day,' said the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. 'According to initial reports, more than 5,000 people were displaced; hundreds of shelters were burned down; health centers, schools and churches were vandalized.'