JUBA, South Sudan
At least 20 people have died
in fighting in a camp for displaced people in South Sudan, medical aid group
MSF said on Friday.
"The conflict has
resulted in the death of more than 20 people so far and injuries to more than
50 others," aid group Médecins Sans Frontières South Sudan said.
The camp in Upper Nile State's
capital Malakal, which hosts at least 50,000 people, opened when people started
arriving there at the start of South Sudan's civil war in 2013.
Tensions started rising last
week when women from different groups tussled at a water point in the camp,
according to state Information Minister Luke Saadala.
Full-blown clashes erupted
after a man was stabbed to death on Thursday, the United Nations Mission in
South Sudan (UNMISS), which runs the camp, said.
In December, 166 people,
mainly civilians, were killed and more than 20,000 others displaced in the
region, according to U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights.
Fighting at the Malakal camp
killed at least 18 people including two MSF staff members, in early 2016.
Calm was returning to the camp
on Friday, but UNMISS had reinforced security there, officials said.
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