Wednesday, July 31, 2013

Voice of America: Thousands Hiding, Hungry in Bush in South Sudan’s Pibor

Voice of America
Voice of America is an international news and broadcast organization serving Central and Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, Central Asia, Russia, the Middle East and Balkan countries 
Thousands Hiding, Hungry in Bush in South Sudan's Pibor
Jul 31st 2013, 21:40, by webdesk@voanews.com (Hannah McNeish)

Continued violence has forced more than 100,000 people from a minority tribe into the bush in South Sudan's Pibor County. This follows another round of ethnic violence in Jonglei state. Aid agencies are struggling to mount a humanitarian response to feed 60,000 people who have been surviving on leaves - some for more than six months. But aid access is limited and many people are too scared to come to the towns for fear of abuse by security forces. Near Pibor town, scores of women have ...

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