Wednesday 17th May 2017

The United Nations refugees and food relief agencies this week urged donors to step up support for people fleeing crisis-hit South Sudan as the $1.4 billion response plan remains 86 per cent unfunded.

“Bitter conflict and deteriorating humanitarian conditions in South Sudan are driving people from their homes in record numbers,” said UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, in a news release jointly issued by his office (UNHCR) and the World Food Programme.

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Waving their forms, recently arrived South Sudanese refugees demand to be registered in Northern Uganda. Photo: UNHCR/Jiro Ose