Friday, August 24, 2012

Africa - Voice of America: Refugee Crisis in South Sudan Is Getting Worse

Africa - Voice of America
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Refugee Crisis in South Sudan Is Getting Worse
Aug 24th 2012, 17:40

Over 170,000 refugees are living in refugee camps in South Sudan's Unity and Upper Nile states, a number that has almost doubled since last April. Most of the refugees are coming from South Kordofan and Blue Nile states in Sudan, where ongoing fighting between the SPLA-N and Sudanese government troops have displaced civilians. Kitty Mckinsey, a spokesperson for the UN Refugee Agency, said refugees are fleeing  "mainly because of the fighting, but the fighting has also made it ...

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