Many civilians fled into the bush to avoid the troops.

A few civilians fleeing their homes in cars would not stop.

Where there'd been fighting, the civilians were mostly either dead or fled.

As a consequence, many civilians had fled during those years to areas under his control.

They found the area deserted, as all the civilians had fled their homes.

It is estimated that around two million civilians fled their homes during the campaign.

About 10.000 civilians fled the area after some 24 were wounded in the shooting.

He said 10,000 to 15,000 civilians had fled the area to escape the latest fighting.

This lead to thousands of civilians fleeing, though 25,000 residents stayed.

Many civilians in southern Sudan had fled their region because of this crisis.