UN Refugee Chief Calls for Peace in South Sudan

The ratio of South Sudanese refugees to local residents in the Arua district is now 1 to 4, according to the U.N. refugee agency. That puts nearly a quarter-million refugees in that district alone.  At the vast Imvempi settlement, a refugee named Susan, 23, digs the foundation for her new home using her bare hands and a metal bar.  Her baby cries nearby. Susan has had to dig 16 holes, each 60 centimeters long, in which to insert the logs. "But, problem of...

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