{{The African Union (AU) has condemned the latest round of violence in South Sudan\u2019s Unity and Jonglei states in which hundreds of civilians were killed in apparent ethnically motivated attacks.}}<\/p>\n
More than 200 civilians were reportedly killed and more than 400 wounded while sheltering in a Mosque on 15 April after rebels retook Unity state capital Bentiu from government forces, in what the chairperson of the AU Commission, Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, described as a \u201cdastardly act\u201d.<\/p>\n
This was followed by an attack two days later on civilians sheltering inside a UN base camp in Jonglei state capital Bor, which left more than 40 dead and scores wounded.<\/p>\n
The attacks have shattered a January ceasefire deal signed between the South Sudanese government and the rebel Sudan People\u2019s Liberation Movement\/Army in Opposition, brokered by the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), which is mediating peace talks.<\/p>\n
Dlamini-Zuma has called on both sides to investigate the attacks and bring those responsible for the killings to justice.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe chairperson of the commission strongly urges both parties to the conflict in South Sudan to take seriously the upcoming political negotiations to resolve their dispute,\u201d the AU said in a statement issued on Tuesday, with Dlamini-Zuma also calling for a deployment of an IGAD-led monitoring team to implement the terms of the ceasefire agreement and \u201cavoid such similar tragedies in the future\u201d.<\/p>\n
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