And so getting lost, wandering through muddy alleys and into spare, makeshift huts, became our introduction to the United Nations’ Protection of Civilians site here, population 32,791. One morning, we stumbled into a small tent where a group of women were praying. [South Sudanese civilians fear the U.N. can’t protect them from a massacre]No matter how many times my colleague Jane Hahn and I visited Mayik, we could never find her tent without getting lost. It was a city within the city of Malakal, a refuge for people driven from their homes in one of Africa’s bloodiest wars. MALAKAL, South Sudan — Everyone in the displacement camp had an address.

Source: Washington Post August 08, 2016 15:11 UTC