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Malakal

[ mal-uh-kal, mah-luh-kahl ]

noun

  1. a city in E Sudan, on the White Nile.


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Thursday’s clashes in the Malakal camp occurred between members of the Shilluk and Nuer ethnic groups, a local representative of the displaced people told The Associated Press.

More than 41,000 people are staying in the Malakal site, which is also a designated camp for people fleeing the violence in neighboring Sudan, MSF said.

Fighting at the Malakal camp in early 2016 killed at least 18 people, including two staff members of aid group Médecins Sans Frontières.

From Reuters

The fighting erupted Thursday morning in the Malakal site between members of the Shilluk and Nuer ethnic groups.

The United Nations’ International Organization for Migration is trying to send the most vulnerable South Sudanese who have returned - some 8,000 people - home by boat, with the goal of transporting nearly 1,000 people daily along the Nile to the state capital of Malakal.

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