Refugees in South Sudan Face Food, Health Crisis

The U.N. refugee agency (UNHCR) is warning that tens of thousands of Sudanese refugees in neighboring South Sudan are facing a severe food shortage.   The agency is helping to care for 130,000 refugees from Sudan’s embattled Blue Nile State.  They are living across the border in South Sudan, in camps in Maban County of Upper Nile state.   Maban County is not directly affected by the ongoing conflict in South Sudan.  But UNHCR spokesman Adrian Edwards says insecurity...

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