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Civilian casualties mount in South Sudan amid fighting between army, local militias

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Aid groups say dozens of civilians have been killed or badly injured in recent weeks .

South Sudan's army clashes with militia groups across the country.

The army says it targets only combatants, and has not commented on civilian casualties.

The fighting has led to U.N. warnings that South Sudan is on the brink of civil war.

Much of the fighting has taken place in South Sudan’s Greater Upper Nile region.

The vast floodplain has been ravaged by extreme weather, disease, and severe food insecurity.

“The people here are moving all the time, just during the night,” a Fangak resident says.

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