DISPLACED people who took refuge in an isolated South Sudan village were denied lifesaving aid by the government even as deaths mounted, eyewitnesses and aid groups said today.People who fled to the swamp-encircled community of Nyatim described having little food and no clean water.When aid workers sought permission to deliver emergency relief, it was denied despite reports of dozens of deaths from apparent starvation.

DISPLACED people who took refuge in an isolated South Sudan village were denied lifesaving aid by the government even as deaths mounted, eyewitnesses and aid groups said today.

People who fled to the swamp-encircled community of Nyatim described having little food and no clean water.

When aid workers sought permission to deliver emergency relief, it was denied despite reports of dozens of deaths from apparent starvation.

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