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February 15, 2019
Women and girls continue to suffer high levelsof conflict-related sexual violence in South Sudan, even though warring partiessigned a peace deal.
The United Nations High Commissioner for HumanRights Michelle Bachelet and the UN Mission in South Sudan, UNMISS said this ina report.
The UN Human officials said at least 134 womenand girls were raped and 41 suffered other forms of sexual and physical violencein the northern Unity Region between September and December.
Some victims were as young as eight years old,while others were pregnant women or nursing mothers, the report said.
The UN said it estimates the actual level ofsexual violence to be considerably higher than the number of cases recorded.’