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<\/div>\n<\/div>\nMore than 170 people have died in the last week in clashes between two sub-clans in South Sudan, an MP has said.<\/p>\n
The violence in the Western Lakes region has also seen more than 200 people injured, local MP Dharuai Mabor Teny added.<\/p>\n
Despite clashes being relatively common, the toll from the latest outbreak is shocking, reports the BBC\u2019s Ferdinand Omondi from Nairobi.<\/p>\n
It has prompted President Salva Kiir to declare a state of emergency<\/p>\n
The order affects three northern states, with military chiefs told to mobilise forces with enough equipment for up to three months.<\/p>\n
Mr Kiir also authorised the army to use force if armed civilians did not lay down their weapons peacefully.<\/p>\n
The violence involves armed youths from two rival Dinka sub-clans, who first clashed on 6 December.<\/p>\n
\u201cRight now, from both sides, we have 170 plus people who lost their lives. 342 houses have been burnt and almost 1,800 people displaced,\u201d Mr Teny told Reuters news agency.<\/p>\n
A presidential spokesman said they hoped the state of emergency would help \u201ccurb the violence\u201d.<\/p>\n
It comes as the United Nations, which has deployed its own troops to help remove roadblocks put in by the two sides to enable trade to continue flowing, sends in a team on a five day mission to assess the human rights situation in the country.<\/p>\n
South Sudan, the world\u2019s newest state, became independent in 2011 after breaking away from Sudan.<\/p>\n
It has been hit by numerous ethnic and political conflicts since then.<\/p>\n
Mediation efforts by the African Union and foreign governments have failed to bring about peace.<\/p>\n
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