Nairobi, Kenya—Hundreds of thousands of South Sudanese refugees fleeing Sudan’s brutal war are facing “a hunger emergency”, the United Nations
The fighting between forces loyal to Sudan’s army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and his former deputy Mohamed Hamdan Daglo has forced nearly 300,000 South Sudanese to return home in the last five months, the UN’s World Food Program said.
Since fighting erupted in Sudan in mid-April, at least 7,500 people have lost their lives, according to a conservative estimate from the Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project. “Those arriving today are in an even more vulnerable condition than families that fled in the early weeks of the conflict.”
Some 380,000 people died in five years of bloodshed before the civil war formally ended in 2018, with a ceasefire between warring leaders who remain in power today.