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MSF (Doctors Without Borders) fears for South Sudan staff caught in Pibor violence
Medical charity MSF says it is "extremely worried" after losing contact with some 130 staff in the town of Pibor in South Sudan.
An MSF spokesman said he believed they had fled into the bush after fighters from the Lou Nuer ethnic group attacked the town, home to the Murle group.
A hospital was reportedly set alight.
UN troops and the South Sudanese army were unable to prevent the attack, which follows a wave of violence linked to cattle rustling.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-16377824
An MSF spokesman said he believed they had fled into the bush after fighters from the Lou Nuer ethnic group attacked the town, home to the Murle group.
A hospital was reportedly set alight.
UN troops and the South Sudanese army were unable to prevent the attack, which follows a wave of violence linked to cattle rustling.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-16377824
The area is a nightmare - a whole town burned to the ground, with 20,000 people fleeing, and 1,000 killed in recent months.
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